[PATCH v3] Implement Server SSL fingerprint check

Sebastian Spaeth Sebastian at SSpaeth.de
Mon Sep 5 10:43:34 BST 2011


If we connect to a SSL server (not STARTTLS) and no CA cert has been
specified for verification, we check the configured SSL fingerprint and
bail out in case it has not been set yet, or it does not match.

This means one more mandatory option for SSL configuration, but it
improves security a lot.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian at SSpaeth.de>
---
Now with documentation in offlineimap.conf.

 Changelog.draft.rst            |    4 ++++
 offlineimap.conf               |   10 ++++++++++
 offlineimap/imaplibutil.py     |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 offlineimap/imapserver.py      |    2 ++
 offlineimap/repository/IMAP.py |    3 +++
 5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changelog.draft.rst b/Changelog.draft.rst
index 74b6368..edd0f75 100644
--- a/Changelog.draft.rst
+++ b/Changelog.draft.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ New Features
   synchronization, but only skip that message, informing the user at the
   end of the sync run.
  
+* If you connect via ssl and 'cert_fingerprint' is configured, we check
+  that the server certificate is actually known and identical by
+  comparing the stored sha1 fingerprint with the current one.
+
 Changes
 -------
 
diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf
index 12a09ba..2d5532d 100644
--- a/offlineimap.conf
+++ b/offlineimap.conf
@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ ssl = yes
 # The certificate should be in PEM format.
 # sslcacertfile = /path/to/cacertfile.crt
 
+# If you connect via SSL/TLS (ssl=true) and you have no CA certificate
+# specified, offlineimap will refuse to sync as it connects to a server
+# with an unknown "fingerprint". If you are sure you connect to the
+# correct server, you can then configure the presented server
+# fingerprint here. OfflineImap will verify that the server fingerprint
+# has not changed on each connect and refuse to connect otherwise.
+# You can also configure this in addition to CA certificate validation
+# above and it will check both ways.  cert_fingerprint =
+# <SHA1_of_server_certificate_here>
+
 # Specify the port.  If not specified, use a default port.
 # remoteport = 993
 
diff --git a/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py b/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
index 3ed50cd..f369495 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import re
 import socket
 import time
 import subprocess
-from offlineimap.ui import getglobalui
 import threading
+from hashlib import sha1
+
+from offlineimap.ui import getglobalui
 from offlineimap import OfflineImapError
 from offlineimap.imaplib2 import IMAP4, IMAP4_SSL, zlib, IMAP4_PORT, InternalDate, Mon2num
 
@@ -140,7 +142,23 @@ def new_mesg(self, s, tn=None, secs=None):
 
 class WrappedIMAP4_SSL(UsefulIMAPMixIn, IMAP4_SSL):
     """Improved version of imaplib.IMAP4_SSL overriding select()"""
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._fingerprint = kwargs.get('fingerprint', None)
+        if kwargs.has_key('fingerprint'):
+            del kwargs['fingerprint']
+        super(WrappedIMAP4_SSL, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def open(self, host=None, port=None):
+        super(WrappedIMAP4_SSL, self).open(host, port)
+        if self._fingerprint or not self.ca_certs:
+            # compare fingerprints
+            fingerprint = sha1(self.sslobj.getpeercert(True)).hexdigest()
+            if fingerprint != self._fingerprint:
+                raise OfflineImapError("Server SSL fingerprint '%s' for hostnam"
+                      "e '%s' does not match configured fingerprint. Please ver"
+                      "ify and set 'cert_fingerprint' accordingly if not set ye"
+                      "t." % (fingerprint, host),
+                                       OfflineImapError.ERROR.REPO)
 
 
 class WrappedIMAP4(UsefulIMAPMixIn, IMAP4):
diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index 9ec1fb1..abc6216 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
                     success = 1
                 elif self.usessl:
                     self.ui.connecting(self.hostname, self.port)
+                    fingerprint = self.repos.get_ssl_fingerprint()
                     imapobj = imaplibutil.WrappedIMAP4_SSL(self.hostname,
                                                            self.port,
                                                            self.sslclientkey,
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
                                                            self.sslcacertfile,
                                                            self.verifycert,
                                                            timeout=socket.getdefaulttimeout(),
+                                                           fingerprint=fingerprint
                                                            )
                 else:
                     self.ui.connecting(self.hostname, self.port)
diff --git a/offlineimap/repository/IMAP.py b/offlineimap/repository/IMAP.py
index 68eb637..76d0870 100644
--- a/offlineimap/repository/IMAP.py
+++ b/offlineimap/repository/IMAP.py
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ class IMAPRepository(BaseRepository):
                                 % (self.name, cacertfile))
         return cacertfile
 
+    def get_ssl_fingerprint(self):
+        return self.getconf('cert_fingerprint', None)
+
     def getpreauthtunnel(self):
         return self.getconf('preauthtunnel', None)
 
-- 
1.7.4.1





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