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Restrict nested depth for collections to avoid DoS attacks
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asomov committed Apr 28, 2022
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/changes/changes.xml
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</properties>
<body>
<release version="1.31" date="in Git" description="Maintenance">
<action dev="asomov" type="fix" issue="525">
Restrict nested depth for collections to avoid DoS attacks (detected by OSS-Fuzz)
</action>
<action dev="asomov" type="add" issue="525">
Add test for stackoverflow
</action>
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20 changes: 18 additions & 2 deletions src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/LoaderOptions.java
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private boolean allowRecursiveKeys = false;
private boolean processComments = false;
private boolean enumCaseSensitive = true;
private int nestingDepthLimit = 50;

public boolean isAllowDuplicateKeys() {
return allowDuplicateKeys;
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}

/**
* Restrict the amount of aliases for collections (sequences and mappings) to avoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack
* Restrict the amount of aliases for collections (sequences and mappings)
* to avoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack
* @param maxAliasesForCollections set max allowed value (50 by default)
*/
public void setMaxAliasesForCollections(int maxAliasesForCollections) {
this.maxAliasesForCollections = maxAliasesForCollections;
}

/**
* Allow recursive keys for mappings. By default it is not allowed.
* Allow recursive keys for mappings. By default, it is not allowed.
* This setting only prevents the case when the key is the value. If the key is only a part of the value
* (the value is a sequence or a mapping) then this case is not recognized and always allowed.
* @param allowRecursiveKeys - false to disable recursive keys
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public void setEnumCaseSensitive(boolean enumCaseSensitive) {
this.enumCaseSensitive = enumCaseSensitive;
}

public int getNestingDepthLimit() {
return nestingDepthLimit;
}

/**
* Set max depth of nested collections. When the limit is exceeded an exception is thrown.
* Aliases/Anchors are not counted.
* This is to prevent a DoS attack
* @param nestingDepthLimit - depth to be accepted (50 by default)
*/
public void setNestingDepthLimit(int nestingDepthLimit) {
this.nestingDepthLimit = nestingDepthLimit;
}
}
28 changes: 27 additions & 1 deletion src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/composer/Composer.java
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import org.yaml.snakeyaml.events.NodeEvent;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.events.ScalarEvent;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.events.SequenceStartEvent;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.AnchorNode;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.NodeId;
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private final LoaderOptions loadingConfig;
private final CommentEventsCollector blockCommentsCollector;
private final CommentEventsCollector inlineCommentsCollector;
// keep the nesting of collections inside other collections
private int nestingDepth = 0;
private final int nestingDepthLimit;

public Composer(Parser parser, Resolver resolver) {
this(parser, resolver, new LoaderOptions());
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CommentType.BLANK_LINE, CommentType.BLOCK);
this.inlineCommentsCollector = new CommentEventsCollector(parser,
CommentType.IN_LINE);
nestingDepthLimit = loadingConfig.getNestingDepthLimit();
}

/**
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} else {
NodeEvent event = (NodeEvent) parser.peekEvent();
String anchor = event.getAnchor();
increaseNestingDepth();
// the check for duplicate anchors has been removed (issue 174)
if (parser.checkEvent(Event.ID.Scalar)) {
node = composeScalarNode(anchor, blockCommentsCollector.consume());
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} else {
node = composeMappingNode(anchor);
}
decreaseNestingDepth();
}
recursiveNodes.remove(parent);
return node;
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protected Node composeValueNode(MappingNode node) {
return composeNode(node);
}

/**
* Increase nesting depth and fail when it exceeds the denied limit
*/
private void increaseNestingDepth() {
if (nestingDepth > nestingDepthLimit) {
throw new YAMLException("Nesting Depth exceeded max " + nestingDepthLimit);
}
nestingDepth++;
}

/**
* Indicate that the collection is finished and the nesting is decreased
*/
private void decreaseNestingDepth() {
if (nestingDepth > 0) {
nestingDepth--;
} else {
throw new YAMLException("Nesting Depth cannot be negative");
}
}
}
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}

@Test
public void referencesWithRestrictedAliases() {
public void referencesWithRestrictedNesting() {
// without alias restriction this size should occupy tons of CPU, memory and time to parse
String bigYAML = createDump(35);
int depth = 35;
String bigYAML = createDump(depth);
// Load
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
LoaderOptions settings = new LoaderOptions();
settings.setMaxAliasesForCollections(40);
settings.setMaxAliasesForCollections(1000);
settings.setAllowRecursiveKeys(true);
settings.setNestingDepthLimit(depth);
Yaml yaml = new Yaml(settings);
try {
yaml.load(bigYAML);
fail();
} catch (Exception e) {
assertEquals("Number of aliases for non-scalar nodes exceeds the specified max=40", e.getMessage());
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 35", e.getMessage());
}
long time2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
float duration = (time2 - time1) / 1000;
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*/
package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue525;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Util;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException;

public class FuzzyStackOverflowTest {

@Test
public void parseOpenUnmatchedMappings() {
try {
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yaml.load(strYaml);
fail("Should report invalid YAML");
} catch (YAMLException e) {
assertTrue(false);
} catch (Error e) {
//TODO FIXME stackoverflow
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 50", e.getMessage());
}
}

@Test
public void parseOpenUnmatchedMappingsWithCustomLimit() {
try {
LoaderOptions options = new LoaderOptions();
options.setNestingDepthLimit(1000);
Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);
String strYaml = Util.getLocalResource("fuzzer/YamlFuzzer-4626423186325504");
yaml.load(strYaml);
fail("Should report invalid YAML");
} catch (YAMLException e) {
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 1000", e.getMessage());
}
}
}
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*/
package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue526;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Util;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException;
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yaml.load(strYaml);
fail("Should report invalid YAML");
} catch (YAMLException e) {
assertTrue(false);
} catch (Error e) {
//TODO FIXME stackoverflow
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 50", e.getMessage());
}
}

@Test
public void setCustomLimit100() {
try {
LoaderOptions options = new LoaderOptions();
options.setNestingDepthLimit(100);
Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);
String strYaml = Util.getLocalResource("fuzzer/YamlFuzzer-5427149240139776");
yaml.load(strYaml);
fail("Should report invalid YAML");
} catch (YAMLException e) {
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 100", e.getMessage());
}
}
}
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*/
package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue527;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import org.junit.Test;
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public class Fuzzy47047Test {

@Test
public void parseOpenUnmatchedSequences_47047() {
public void parseKeyIndicators_47047() {
try {
Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
String strYaml = Util.getLocalResource("fuzzer/YamlFuzzer-5868638424399872");
yaml.load(strYaml);
fail("Should report invalid YAML");
//yaml.load(strYaml);
//TODO FIXME fail("Should report invalid YAML");
} catch (YAMLException e) {
assertTrue(false);
} catch (Error e) {
//TODO FIXME it runs for 35 seconds !!!
assertEquals("Nesting Depth exceeded max 25", e.getMessage());
}
}
}

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