// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package x509 import ( "bytes" "errors" "fmt" "net" "runtime" "strings" "time" "unicode/utf8" ) type InvalidReason int const ( // NotAuthorizedToSign results when a certificate is signed by another // which isn't marked as a CA certificate. NotAuthorizedToSign InvalidReason = iota // Expired results when a certificate has expired, based on the time // given in the VerifyOptions. Expired // CANotAuthorizedForThisName results when an intermediate or root // certificate has a name constraint which doesn't include the name // being checked. CANotAuthorizedForThisName // TooManyIntermediates results when a path length constraint is // violated. TooManyIntermediates // IncompatibleUsage results when the certificate's key usage indicates // that it may only be used for a different purpose. IncompatibleUsage // NameMismatch results when the subject name of a parent certificate // does not match the issuer name in the child. NameMismatch ) // CertificateInvalidError results when an odd error occurs. Users of this // library probably want to handle all these errors uniformly. type CertificateInvalidError struct { Cert *Certificate Reason InvalidReason } func (e CertificateInvalidError) Error() string { switch e.Reason { case NotAuthorizedToSign: return "x509: certificate is not authorized to sign other certificates" case Expired: return "x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid" case CANotAuthorizedForThisName: return "x509: a root or intermediate certificate is not authorized to sign in this domain" case TooManyIntermediates: return "x509: too many intermediates for path length constraint" case IncompatibleUsage: return "x509: certificate specifies an incompatible key usage" case NameMismatch: return "x509: issuer name does not match subject from issuing certificate" } return "x509: unknown error" } // HostnameError results when the set of authorized names doesn't match the // requested name. type HostnameError struct { Certificate *Certificate Host string } func (h HostnameError) Error() string { c := h.Certificate var valid string if ip := net.ParseIP(h.Host); ip != nil { // Trying to validate an IP if len(c.IPAddresses) == 0 { return "x509: cannot validate certificate for " + h.Host + " because it doesn't contain any IP SANs" } for _, san := range c.IPAddresses { if len(valid) > 0 { valid += ", " } valid += san.String() } } else { if len(c.DNSNames) > 0 { valid = strings.Join(c.DNSNames, ", ") } else { valid = c.Subject.CommonName } } if len(valid) == 0 { return "x509: certificate is not valid for any names, but wanted to match " + h.Host } return "x509: certificate is valid for " + valid + ", not " + h.Host } // UnknownAuthorityError results when the certificate issuer is unknown type UnknownAuthorityError struct { Cert *Certificate // hintErr contains an error that may be helpful in determining why an // authority wasn't found. hintErr error // hintCert contains a possible authority certificate that was rejected // because of the error in hintErr. hintCert *Certificate } func (e UnknownAuthorityError) Error() string { s := "x509: certificate signed by unknown authority" if e.hintErr != nil { certName := e.hintCert.Subject.CommonName if len(certName) == 0 { if len(e.hintCert.Subject.Organization) > 0 { certName = e.hintCert.Subject.Organization[0] } else { certName = "serial:" + e.hintCert.SerialNumber.String() } } s += fmt.Sprintf(" (possibly because of %q while trying to verify candidate authority certificate %q)", e.hintErr, certName) } return s } // SystemRootsError results when we fail to load the system root certificates. type SystemRootsError struct { Err error } func (se SystemRootsError) Error() string { msg := "x509: failed to load system roots and no roots provided" if se.Err != nil { return msg + "; " + se.Err.Error() } return msg } // errNotParsed is returned when a certificate without ASN.1 contents is // verified. Platform-specific verification needs the ASN.1 contents. var errNotParsed = errors.New("x509: missing ASN.1 contents; use ParseCertificate") // VerifyOptions contains parameters for Certificate.Verify. It's a structure // because other PKIX verification APIs have ended up needing many options. type VerifyOptions struct { DNSName string Intermediates *CertPool Roots *CertPool // if nil, the system roots are used CurrentTime time.Time // if zero, the current time is used // KeyUsage specifies which Extended Key Usage values are acceptable. // An empty list means ExtKeyUsageServerAuth. Key usage is considered a // constraint down the chain which mirrors Windows CryptoAPI behavior, // but not the spec. To accept any key usage, include ExtKeyUsageAny. KeyUsages []ExtKeyUsage } const ( leafCertificate = iota intermediateCertificate rootCertificate ) func matchNameConstraint(domain, constraint string) bool { // The meaning of zero length constraints is not specified, but this // code follows NSS and accepts them as valid for everything. if len(constraint) == 0 { return true } if len(domain) < len(constraint) { return false } prefixLen := len(domain) - len(constraint) if !strings.EqualFold(domain[prefixLen:], constraint) { return false } if prefixLen == 0 { return true } isSubdomain := domain[prefixLen-1] == '.' constraintHasLeadingDot := constraint[0] == '.' return isSubdomain != constraintHasLeadingDot } // isValid performs validity checks on the c. func (c *Certificate) isValid(certType int, currentChain []*Certificate, opts *VerifyOptions) error { if len(currentChain) > 0 { child := currentChain[len(currentChain)-1] if !bytes.Equal(child.RawIssuer, c.RawSubject) { return CertificateInvalidError{c, NameMismatch} } } now := opts.CurrentTime if now.IsZero() { now = time.Now() } if now.Before(c.NotBefore) || now.After(c.NotAfter) { return CertificateInvalidError{c, Expired} } if len(c.PermittedDNSDomains) > 0 { ok := false for _, constraint := range c.PermittedDNSDomains { ok = matchNameConstraint(opts.DNSName, constraint) if ok { break } } if !ok { return CertificateInvalidError{c, CANotAuthorizedForThisName} } } // KeyUsage status flags are ignored. From Engineering Security, Peter // Gutmann: A European government CA marked its signing certificates as // being valid for encryption only, but no-one noticed. Another // European CA marked its signature keys as not being valid for // signatures. A different CA marked its own trusted root certificate // as being invalid for certificate signing. Another national CA // distributed a certificate to be used to encrypt data for the // country’s tax authority that was marked as only being usable for // digital signatures but not for encryption. Yet another CA reversed // the order of the bit flags in the keyUsage due to confusion over // encoding endianness, essentially setting a random keyUsage in // certificates that it issued. Another CA created a self-invalidating // certificate by adding a certificate policy statement stipulating // that the certificate had to be used strictly as specified in the // keyUsage, and a keyUsage containing a flag indicating that the RSA // encryption key could only be used for Diffie-Hellman key agreement. if certType == intermediateCertificate && (!c.BasicConstraintsValid || !c.IsCA) { return CertificateInvalidError{c, NotAuthorizedToSign} } if c.BasicConstraintsValid && c.MaxPathLen >= 0 { numIntermediates := len(currentChain) - 1 if numIntermediates > c.MaxPathLen { return CertificateInvalidError{c, TooManyIntermediates} } } return nil } // Verify attempts to verify c by building one or more chains from c to a // certificate in opts.Roots, using certificates in opts.Intermediates if // needed. If successful, it returns one or more chains where the first // element of the chain is c and the last element is from opts.Roots. // // If opts.Roots is nil and system roots are unavailable the returned error // will be of type SystemRootsError. // // WARNING: this doesn't do any revocation checking. func (c *Certificate) Verify(opts VerifyOptions) (chains [][]*Certificate, err error) { // Platform-specific verification needs the ASN.1 contents so // this makes the behavior consistent across platforms. if len(c.Raw) == 0 { return nil, errNotParsed } if opts.Intermediates != nil { for _, intermediate := range opts.Intermediates.certs { if len(intermediate.Raw) == 0 { return nil, errNotParsed } } } // Use Windows's own verification and chain building. if opts.Roots == nil && runtime.GOOS == "windows" { return c.systemVerify(&opts) } if len(c.UnhandledCriticalExtensions) > 0 { return nil, UnhandledCriticalExtension{} } if opts.Roots == nil { opts.Roots = systemRootsPool() if opts.Roots == nil { return nil, SystemRootsError{systemRootsErr} } } err = c.isValid(leafCertificate, nil, &opts) if err != nil { return } if len(opts.DNSName) > 0 { err = c.VerifyHostname(opts.DNSName) if err != nil { return } } var candidateChains [][]*Certificate if opts.Roots.contains(c) { candidateChains = append(candidateChains, []*Certificate{c}) } else { if candidateChains, err = c.buildChains(make(map[int][][]*Certificate), []*Certificate{c}, &opts); err != nil { return nil, err } } keyUsages := opts.KeyUsages if len(keyUsages) == 0 { keyUsages = []ExtKeyUsage{ExtKeyUsageServerAuth} } // If any key usage is acceptable then we're done. for _, usage := range keyUsages { if usage == ExtKeyUsageAny { chains = candidateChains return } } for _, candidate := range candidateChains { if checkChainForKeyUsage(candidate, keyUsages) { chains = append(chains, candidate) } } if len(chains) == 0 { err = CertificateInvalidError{c, IncompatibleUsage} } return } func appendToFreshChain(chain []*Certificate, cert *Certificate) []*Certificate { n := make([]*Certificate, len(chain)+1) copy(n, chain) n[len(chain)] = cert return n } func (c *Certificate) buildChains(cache map[int][][]*Certificate, currentChain []*Certificate, opts *VerifyOptions) (chains [][]*Certificate, err error) { possibleRoots, failedRoot, rootErr := opts.Roots.findVerifiedParents(c) nextRoot: for _, rootNum := range possibleRoots { root := opts.Roots.certs[rootNum] for _, cert := range currentChain { if cert.Equal(root) { continue nextRoot } } err = root.isValid(rootCertificate, currentChain, opts) if err != nil { continue } chains = append(chains, appendToFreshChain(currentChain, root)) } possibleIntermediates, failedIntermediate, intermediateErr := opts.Intermediates.findVerifiedParents(c) nextIntermediate: for _, intermediateNum := range possibleIntermediates { intermediate := opts.Intermediates.certs[intermediateNum] for _, cert := range currentChain { if cert.Equal(intermediate) { continue nextIntermediate } } err = intermediate.isValid(intermediateCertificate, currentChain, opts) if err != nil { continue } var childChains [][]*Certificate childChains, ok := cache[intermediateNum] if !ok { childChains, err = intermediate.buildChains(cache, appendToFreshChain(currentChain, intermediate), opts) cache[intermediateNum] = childChains } chains = append(chains, childChains...) } if len(chains) > 0 { err = nil } if len(chains) == 0 && err == nil { hintErr := rootErr hintCert := failedRoot if hintErr == nil { hintErr = intermediateErr hintCert = failedIntermediate } err = UnknownAuthorityError{c, hintErr, hintCert} } return } func matchHostnames(pattern, host string) bool { host = strings.TrimSuffix(host, ".") pattern = strings.TrimSuffix(pattern, ".") if len(pattern) == 0 || len(host) == 0 { return false } patternParts := strings.Split(pattern, ".") hostParts := strings.Split(host, ".") if len(patternParts) != len(hostParts) { return false } for i, patternPart := range patternParts { if i == 0 && patternPart == "*" { continue } if patternPart != hostParts[i] { return false } } return true } // toLowerCaseASCII returns a lower-case version of in. See RFC 6125 6.4.1. We use // an explicitly ASCII function to avoid any sharp corners resulting from // performing Unicode operations on DNS labels. func toLowerCaseASCII(in string) string { // If the string is already lower-case then there's nothing to do. isAlreadyLowerCase := true for _, c := range in { if c == utf8.RuneError { // If we get a UTF-8 error then there might be // upper-case ASCII bytes in the invalid sequence. isAlreadyLowerCase = false break } if 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z' { isAlreadyLowerCase = false break } } if isAlreadyLowerCase { return in } out := []byte(in) for i, c := range out { if 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z' { out[i] += 'a' - 'A' } } return string(out) } // VerifyHostname returns nil if c is a valid certificate for the named host. // Otherwise it returns an error describing the mismatch. func (c *Certificate) VerifyHostname(h string) error { // IP addresses may be written in [ ]. candidateIP := h if len(h) >= 3 && h[0] == '[' && h[len(h)-1] == ']' { candidateIP = h[1 : len(h)-1] } if ip := net.ParseIP(candidateIP); ip != nil { // We only match IP addresses against IP SANs. // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6125#appendix-B.2 for _, candidate := range c.IPAddresses { if ip.Equal(candidate) { return nil } } return HostnameError{c, candidateIP} } lowered := toLowerCaseASCII(h) if len(c.DNSNames) > 0 { for _, match := range c.DNSNames { if matchHostnames(toLowerCaseASCII(match), lowered) { return nil } } // If Subject Alt Name is given, we ignore the common name. } else if matchHostnames(toLowerCaseASCII(c.Subject.CommonName), lowered) { return nil } return HostnameError{c, h} } func checkChainForKeyUsage(chain []*Certificate, keyUsages []ExtKeyUsage) bool { usages := make([]ExtKeyUsage, len(keyUsages)) copy(usages, keyUsages) if len(chain) == 0 { return false } usagesRemaining := len(usages) // We walk down the list and cross out any usages that aren't supported // by each certificate. If we cross out all the usages, then the chain // is unacceptable. NextCert: for i := len(chain) - 1; i >= 0; i-- { cert := chain[i] if len(cert.ExtKeyUsage) == 0 && len(cert.UnknownExtKeyUsage) == 0 { // The certificate doesn't have any extended key usage specified. continue } for _, usage := range cert.ExtKeyUsage { if usage == ExtKeyUsageAny { // The certificate is explicitly good for any usage. continue NextCert } } const invalidUsage ExtKeyUsage = -1 NextRequestedUsage: for i, requestedUsage := range usages { if requestedUsage == invalidUsage { continue } for _, usage := range cert.ExtKeyUsage { if requestedUsage == usage { continue NextRequestedUsage } else if requestedUsage == ExtKeyUsageServerAuth && (usage == ExtKeyUsageNetscapeServerGatedCrypto || usage == ExtKeyUsageMicrosoftServerGatedCrypto) { // In order to support COMODO // certificate chains, we have to // accept Netscape or Microsoft SGC // usages as equal to ServerAuth. continue NextRequestedUsage } } usages[i] = invalidUsage usagesRemaining-- if usagesRemaining == 0 { return false } } } return true }