GHSA-xq52-rv6w-397c
Directive injection when using dynamic overrides with user input
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | secure_headers | >= 6.0.0, < 6.2.0 | 6.2.0 |
| RubyGems | secure_headers | >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.0 | 5.1.0 |
| RubyGems | secure_headers | < 3.8.0 | 3.8.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
If user-supplied input was passed into `append/override_content_security_policy_directives`, a semicolon could be injected leading to directive injection.
This could be used to e.g. override a `script-src` directive. Duplicate directives are ignored and the first one wins. The directives in `secure_headers` are sorted alphabetically so they pretty much all come before `script-src`. A previously undefined directive would receive a value even if `SecureHeaders::OPT_OUT` was supplied.
The fixed versions will silently convert the semicolons to spaces and emit a deprecation warning when this happens. This will result in innocuous browser console messages if being exploited/accidentally used. In future releases, we will raise application errors resulting in 500s.
> Duplicate script-src directives detected. All but the first instance will be ignored.
See https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP3/#parse-serialized-policy
> Note: In this case, the user agent SHOULD notify developers that a duplicate directive was ignored. A console warning might be appropriate, for example.
### Patches
Depending on what major version you are using, the fixed versions are 6.2.0, 5.1.0, 3.8.0.
### Workarounds
If you are passing user input into the above methods, you could filter out the input:
```ruby
override_content_security_policy_directives(:frame_src, [user_input.gsub(";", " ")])
```
### References
Reported in https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/issues/418
https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP3/#parse-serialized-policy
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [this repo](https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/issues/new)
* DM @ndm on twitter
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-xq52-rv6w-397c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5217
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/issues/418
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/pull/421
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/936a160e3e9659737a9f9eafce13eea36b5c9fa3
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/secure_headers/CVE-2020-5217.yml
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers