#-- # Copyright 2006 by Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Jim Weirich and others. # All rights reserved. # See LICENSE.txt for permissions. #++ require 'rubygems' require 'rubygems/gem_openssl' # = Signed Gems README # # == Table of Contents # * Overview # * Walkthrough # * Command-Line Options # * OpenSSL Reference # * Bugs/TODO # * About the Author # # == Overview # # Gem::Security implements cryptographic signatures in RubyGems. The section # below is a step-by-step guide to using signed gems and generating your own. # # == Walkthrough # # In order to start signing your gems, you'll need to build a private key and # a self-signed certificate. Here's how: # # # build a private key and certificate for gemmaster@example.com # $ gem cert --build gemmaster@example.com # # This could take anywhere from 5 seconds to 10 minutes, depending on the # speed of your computer (public key algorithms aren't exactly the speediest # crypto algorithms in the world). When it's finished, you'll see the files # "gem-private_key.pem" and "gem-public_cert.pem" in the current directory. # # First things first: take the "gem-private_key.pem" file and move it # somewhere private, preferably a directory only you have access to, a floppy # (yuck!), a CD-ROM, or something comparably secure. Keep your private key # hidden; if it's compromised, someone can sign packages as you (note: PKI has # ways of mitigating the risk of stolen keys; more on that later). # # Now, let's sign an existing gem. I'll be using my Imlib2-Ruby bindings, but # you can use whatever gem you'd like. Open up your existing gemspec file and # add the following lines: # # # signing key and certificate chain # s.signing_key = '/mnt/floppy/gem-private_key.pem' # s.cert_chain = ['gem-public_cert.pem'] # # (Be sure to replace "/mnt/floppy" with the ultra-secret path to your private # key). # # After that, go ahead and build your gem as usual. Congratulations, you've # just built your first signed gem! If you peek inside your gem file, you'll # see a couple of new files have been added: # # $ tar tf tar tf Imlib2-Ruby-0.5.0.gem # data.tar.gz # data.tar.gz.sig # metadata.gz # metadata.gz.sig # # Now let's verify the signature. Go ahead and install the gem, but add the # following options: "-P HighSecurity", like this: # # # install the gem with using the security policy "HighSecurity" # $ sudo gem install Imlib2-Ruby-0.5.0.gem -P HighSecurity # # The -P option sets your security policy -- we'll talk about that in just a # minute. Eh, what's this? # # Attempting local installation of 'Imlib2-Ruby-0.5.0.gem' # ERROR: Error installing gem Imlib2-Ruby-0.5.0.gem[.gem]: Couldn't # verify data signature: Untrusted Signing Chain Root: cert = # '/CN=gemmaster/DC=example/DC=com', error = 'path # "/root/.rubygems/trust/cert-15dbb43a6edf6a70a85d4e784e2e45312cff7030.pem" # does not exist' # # The culprit here is the security policy. RubyGems has several different # security policies. Let's take a short break and go over the security # policies. Here's a list of the available security policies, and a brief # description of each one: # # * NoSecurity - Well, no security at all. Signed packages are treated like # unsigned packages. # * LowSecurity - Pretty much no security. If a package is signed then # RubyGems will make sure the signature matches the signing # certificate, and that the signing certificate hasn't expired, but # that's it. A malicious user could easily circumvent this kind of # security. # * MediumSecurity - Better than LowSecurity and NoSecurity, but still # fallible. Package contents are verified against the signing # certificate, and the signing certificate is checked for validity, # and checked against the rest of the certificate chain (if you don't # know what a certificate chain is, stay tuned, we'll get to that). # The biggest improvement over LowSecurity is that MediumSecurity # won't install packages that are signed by untrusted sources. # Unfortunately, MediumSecurity still isn't totally secure -- a # malicious user can still unpack the gem, strip the signatures, and # distribute the gem unsigned. # * HighSecurity - Here's the bugger that got us into this mess. # The HighSecurity policy is identical to the MediumSecurity policy, # except that it does not allow unsigned gems. A malicious user # doesn't have a whole lot of options here; he can't modify the # package contents without invalidating the signature, and he can't # modify or remove signature or the signing certificate chain, or # RubyGems will simply refuse to install the package. Oh well, maybe # he'll have better luck causing problems for CPAN users instead :). # # So, the reason RubyGems refused to install our shiny new signed gem was # because it was from an untrusted source. Well, my code is infallible # (hah!), so I'm going to add myself as a trusted source. # # Here's how: # # # add trusted certificate # gem cert --add gem-public_cert.pem # # I've added my public certificate as a trusted source. Now I can install # packages signed my private key without any hassle. Let's try the install # command above again: # # # install the gem with using the HighSecurity policy (and this time # # without any shenanigans) # $ sudo gem install Imlib2-Ruby-0.5.0.gem -P HighSecurity # # This time RubyGems should accept your signed package and begin installing. # While you're waiting for RubyGems to work it's magic, have a look at some of # the other security commands: # # Usage: gem cert [options] # # Options: # -a, --add CERT Add a trusted certificate. # -l, --list List trusted certificates. # -r, --remove STRING Remove trusted certificates containing STRING. # -b, --build EMAIL_ADDR Build private key and self-signed certificate # for EMAIL_ADDR. # -C, --certificate CERT Certificate for --sign command. # -K, --private-key KEY Private key for --sign command. # -s, --sign NEWCERT Sign a certificate with my key and certificate. # # (By the way, you can pull up this list any time you'd like by typing "gem # cert --help") # # Hmm. We've already covered the "--build" option, and the "--add", "--list", # and "--remove" commands seem fairly straightforward; they allow you to add, # list, and remove the certificates in your trusted certificate list. But # what's with this "--sign" option? # # To answer that question, let's take a look at "certificate chains", a # concept I mentioned earlier. There are a couple of problems with # self-signed certificates: first of all, self-signed certificates don't offer # a whole lot of security. Sure, the certificate says Yukihiro Matsumoto, but # how do I know it was actually generated and signed by matz himself unless he # gave me the certificate in person? # # The second problem is scalability. Sure, if there are 50 gem authors, then # I have 50 trusted certificates, no problem. What if there are 500 gem # authors? 1000? Having to constantly add new trusted certificates is a # pain, and it actually makes the trust system less secure by encouraging # RubyGems users to blindly trust new certificates. # # Here's where certificate chains come in. A certificate chain establishes an # arbitrarily long chain of trust between an issuing certificate and a child # certificate. So instead of trusting certificates on a per-developer basis, # we use the PKI concept of certificate chains to build a logical hierarchy of # trust. Here's a hypothetical example of a trust hierarchy based (roughly) # on geography: # # # -------------------------- # | rubygems@rubyforge.org | # -------------------------- # | # ----------------------------------- # | | # ---------------------------- ----------------------------- # | seattle.rb@zenspider.com | | dcrubyists@richkilmer.com | # ---------------------------- ----------------------------- # | | | | # --------------- ---------------- ----------- -------------- # | alf@seattle | | bob@portland | | pabs@dc | | tomcope@dc | # --------------- ---------------- ----------- -------------- # # # Now, rather than having 4 trusted certificates (one for alf@seattle, # bob@portland, pabs@dc, and tomecope@dc), a user could actually get by with 1 # certificate: the "rubygems@rubyforge.org" certificate. Here's how it works: # # I install "Alf2000-Ruby-0.1.0.gem", a package signed by "alf@seattle". I've # never heard of "alf@seattle", but his certificate has a valid signature from # the "seattle.rb@zenspider.com" certificate, which in turn has a valid # signature from the "rubygems@rubyforge.org" certificate. Voila! At this # point, it's much more reasonable for me to trust a package signed by # "alf@seattle", because I can establish a chain to "rubygems@rubyforge.org", # which I do trust. # # And the "--sign" option allows all this to happen. A developer creates # their build certificate with the "--build" option, then has their # certificate signed by taking it with them to their next regional Ruby meetup # (in our hypothetical example), and it's signed there by the person holding # the regional RubyGems signing certificate, which is signed at the next # RubyConf by the holder of the top-level RubyGems certificate. At each point # the issuer runs the same command: # # # sign a certificate with the specified key and certificate # # (note that this modifies client_cert.pem!) # $ gem cert -K /mnt/floppy/issuer-priv_key.pem -C issuer-pub_cert.pem # --sign client_cert.pem # # Then the holder of issued certificate (in this case, our buddy # "alf@seattle"), can start using this signed certificate to sign RubyGems. # By the way, in order to let everyone else know about his new fancy signed # certificate, "alf@seattle" would change his gemspec file to look like this: # # # signing key (still kept in an undisclosed location!) # s.signing_key = '/mnt/floppy/alf-private_key.pem' # # # certificate chain (includes the issuer certificate now too) # s.cert_chain = ['/home/alf/doc/seattlerb-public_cert.pem', # '/home/alf/doc/alf_at_seattle-public_cert.pem'] # # Obviously, this RubyGems trust infrastructure doesn't exist yet. Also, in # the "real world" issuers actually generate the child certificate from a # certificate request, rather than sign an existing certificate. And our # hypothetical infrastructure is missing a certificate revocation system. # These are that can be fixed in the future... # # I'm sure your new signed gem has finished installing by now (unless you're # installing rails and all it's dependencies, that is ;D). At this point you # should know how to do all of these new and interesting things: # # * build a gem signing key and certificate # * modify your existing gems to support signing # * adjust your security policy # * modify your trusted certificate list # * sign a certificate # # If you've got any questions, feel free to contact me at the email address # below. The next couple of sections # # # == Command-Line Options # # Here's a brief summary of the certificate-related command line options: # # gem install # -P, --trust-policy POLICY Specify gem trust policy. # # gem cert # -a, --add CERT Add a trusted certificate. # -l, --list List trusted certificates. # -r, --remove STRING Remove trusted certificates containing # STRING. # -b, --build EMAIL_ADDR Build private key and self-signed # certificate for EMAIL_ADDR. # -C, --certificate CERT Certificate for --sign command. # -K, --private-key KEY Private key for --sign command. # -s, --sign NEWCERT Sign a certificate with my key and # certificate. # # A more detailed description of each options is available in the walkthrough # above. # # # == OpenSSL Reference # # The .pem files generated by --build and --sign are just basic OpenSSL PEM # files. Here's a couple of useful commands for manipulating them: # # # convert a PEM format X509 certificate into DER format: # # (note: Windows .cer files are X509 certificates in DER format) # $ openssl x509 -in input.pem -outform der -out output.der # # # print out the certificate in a human-readable format: # $ openssl x509 -in input.pem -noout -text # # And you can do the same thing with the private key file as well: # # # convert a PEM format RSA key into DER format: # $ openssl rsa -in input_key.pem -outform der -out output_key.der # # # print out the key in a human readable format: # $ openssl rsa -in input_key.pem -noout -text # # == Bugs/TODO # # * There's no way to define a system-wide trust list. # * custom security policies (from a YAML file, etc) # * Simple method to generate a signed certificate request # * Support for OCSP, SCVP, CRLs, or some other form of cert # status check (list is in order of preference) # * Support for encrypted private keys # * Some sort of semi-formal trust hierarchy (see long-winded explanation # above) # * Path discovery (for gem certificate chains that don't have a self-signed # root) -- by the way, since we don't have this, THE ROOT OF THE CERTIFICATE # CHAIN MUST BE SELF SIGNED if Policy#verify_root is true (and it is for the # MediumSecurity and HighSecurity policies) # * Better explanation of X509 naming (ie, we don't have to use email # addresses) # * Possible alternate signing mechanisms (eg, via PGP). this could be done # pretty easily by adding a :signing_type attribute to the gemspec, then add # the necessary support in other places # * Honor AIA field (see note about OCSP above) # * Maybe honor restriction extensions? # * Might be better to store the certificate chain as a PKCS#7 or PKCS#12 # file, instead of an array embedded in the metadata. ideas? # * Possibly embed signature and key algorithms into metadata (right now # they're assumed to be the same as what's set in Gem::Security::OPT) # # == About the Author # # Paul Duncan # http://pablotron.org/ module Gem::Security class Exception < Gem::Exception; end # # default options for most of the methods below # OPT = { # private key options :key_algo => Gem::SSL::PKEY_RSA, :key_size => 2048, # public cert options :cert_age => 365 * 24 * 3600, # 1 year :dgst_algo => Gem::SSL::DIGEST_SHA1, # x509 certificate extensions :cert_exts => { 'basicConstraints' => 'CA:FALSE', 'subjectKeyIdentifier' => 'hash', 'keyUsage' => 'keyEncipherment,dataEncipherment,digitalSignature', }, # save the key and cert to a file in build_self_signed_cert()? :save_key => true, :save_cert => true, # if you define either of these, then they'll be used instead of # the output_fmt macro below :save_key_path => nil, :save_cert_path => nil, # output name format for self-signed certs :output_fmt => 'gem-%s.pem', :munge_re => Regexp.new(/[^a-z0-9_.-]+/), # output directory for trusted certificate checksums :trust_dir => File::join(Gem.user_home, '.gem', 'trust'), # default permissions for trust directory and certs :perms => { :trust_dir => 0700, :trusted_cert => 0600, :signing_cert => 0600, :signing_key => 0600, }, } # # A Gem::Security::Policy object encapsulates the settings for verifying # signed gem files. This is the base class. You can either declare an # instance of this or use one of the preset security policies below. # class Policy attr_accessor :verify_data, :verify_signer, :verify_chain, :verify_root, :only_trusted, :only_signed # # Create a new Gem::Security::Policy object with the given mode and # options. # def initialize(policy = {}, opt = {}) # set options @opt = Gem::Security::OPT.merge(opt) # build policy policy.each_pair do |key, val| case key when :verify_data then @verify_data = val when :verify_signer then @verify_signer = val when :verify_chain then @verify_chain = val when :verify_root then @verify_root = val when :only_trusted then @only_trusted = val when :only_signed then @only_signed = val end end end # # Get the path to the file for this cert. # def self.trusted_cert_path(cert, opt = {}) opt = Gem::Security::OPT.merge(opt) # get digest algorithm, calculate checksum of root.subject algo = opt[:dgst_algo] dgst = algo.hexdigest(cert.subject.to_s) # build path to trusted cert file name = "cert-#{dgst}.pem" # join and return path components File::join(opt[:trust_dir], name) end # # Verify that the gem data with the given signature and signing chain # matched this security policy at the specified time. # def verify_gem(signature, data, chain, time = Time.now) Gem.ensure_ssl_available cert_class = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate exc = Gem::Security::Exception chain ||= [] chain = chain.map{ |str| cert_class.new(str) } signer, ch_len = chain[-1], chain.size # make sure signature is valid if @verify_data # get digest algorithm (TODO: this should be configurable) dgst = @opt[:dgst_algo] # verify the data signature (this is the most important part, so don't # screw it up :D) v = signer.public_key.verify(dgst.new, signature, data) raise exc, "Invalid Gem Signature" unless v # make sure the signer is valid if @verify_signer # make sure the signing cert is valid right now v = signer.check_validity(nil, time) raise exc, "Invalid Signature: #{v[:desc]}" unless v[:is_valid] end end # make sure the certificate chain is valid if @verify_chain # iterate down over the chain and verify each certificate against it's # issuer (ch_len - 1).downto(1) do |i| issuer, cert = chain[i - 1, 2] v = cert.check_validity(issuer, time) raise exc, "%s: cert = '%s', error = '%s'" % [ 'Invalid Signing Chain', cert.subject, v[:desc] ] unless v[:is_valid] end # verify root of chain if @verify_root # make sure root is self-signed root = chain[0] raise exc, "%s: %s (subject = '%s', issuer = '%s')" % [ 'Invalid Signing Chain Root', 'Subject does not match Issuer for Gem Signing Chain', root.subject.to_s, root.issuer.to_s, ] unless root.issuer.to_s == root.subject.to_s # make sure root is valid v = root.check_validity(root, time) raise exc, "%s: cert = '%s', error = '%s'" % [ 'Invalid Signing Chain Root', root.subject, v[:desc] ] unless v[:is_valid] # verify that the chain root is trusted if @only_trusted # get digest algorithm, calculate checksum of root.subject algo = @opt[:dgst_algo] path = Gem::Security::Policy.trusted_cert_path(root, @opt) # check to make sure trusted path exists raise exc, "%s: cert = '%s', error = '%s'" % [ 'Untrusted Signing Chain Root', root.subject.to_s, "path \"#{path}\" does not exist", ] unless File.exist?(path) # load calculate digest from saved cert file save_cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.read(path)) save_dgst = algo.digest(save_cert.public_key.to_s) # create digest of public key pkey_str = root.public_key.to_s cert_dgst = algo.digest(pkey_str) # now compare the two digests, raise exception # if they don't match raise exc, "%s: %s (saved = '%s', root = '%s')" % [ 'Invalid Signing Chain Root', "Saved checksum doesn't match root checksum", save_dgst, cert_dgst, ] unless save_dgst == cert_dgst end end # return the signing chain chain.map { |cert| cert.subject } end end end # # No security policy: all package signature checks are disabled. # NoSecurity = Policy.new( :verify_data => false, :verify_signer => false, :verify_chain => false, :verify_root => false, :only_trusted => false, :only_signed => false ) # # AlmostNo security policy: only verify that the signing certificate is the # one that actually signed the data. Make no attempt to verify the signing # certificate chain. # # This policy is basically useless. better than nothing, but can still be # easily spoofed, and is not recommended. # AlmostNoSecurity = Policy.new( :verify_data => true, :verify_signer => false, :verify_chain => false, :verify_root => false, :only_trusted => false, :only_signed => false ) # # Low security policy: only verify that the signing certificate is actually # the gem signer, and that the signing certificate is valid. # # This policy is better than nothing, but can still be easily spoofed, and # is not recommended. # LowSecurity = Policy.new( :verify_data => true, :verify_signer => true, :verify_chain => false, :verify_root => false, :only_trusted => false, :only_signed => false ) # # Medium security policy: verify the signing certificate, verify the signing # certificate chain all the way to the root certificate, and only trust root # certificates that we have explicitly allowed trust for. # # This security policy is reasonable, but it allows unsigned packages, so a # malicious person could simply delete the package signature and pass the # gem off as unsigned. # MediumSecurity = Policy.new( :verify_data => true, :verify_signer => true, :verify_chain => true, :verify_root => true, :only_trusted => true, :only_signed => false ) # # High security policy: only allow signed gems to be installed, verify the # signing certificate, verify the signing certificate chain all the way to # the root certificate, and only trust root certificates that we have # explicitly allowed trust for. # # This security policy is significantly more difficult to bypass, and offers # a reasonable guarantee that the contents of the gem have not been altered. # HighSecurity = Policy.new( :verify_data => true, :verify_signer => true, :verify_chain => true, :verify_root => true, :only_trusted => true, :only_signed => true ) # # Hash of configured security policies # Policies = { 'NoSecurity' => NoSecurity, 'AlmostNoSecurity' => AlmostNoSecurity, 'LowSecurity' => LowSecurity, 'MediumSecurity' => MediumSecurity, 'HighSecurity' => HighSecurity, } # # Sign the cert cert with @signing_key and @signing_cert, using the digest # algorithm opt[:dgst_algo]. Returns the newly signed certificate. # def self.sign_cert(cert, signing_key, signing_cert, opt = {}) opt = OPT.merge(opt) # set up issuer information cert.issuer = signing_cert.subject cert.sign(signing_key, opt[:dgst_algo].new) cert end # # Make sure the trust directory exists. If it does exist, make sure it's # actually a directory. If not, then create it with the appropriate # permissions. # def self.verify_trust_dir(path, perms) # if the directory exists, then make sure it is in fact a directory. if # it doesn't exist, then create it with the appropriate permissions if File.exist?(path) # verify that the trust directory is actually a directory unless File.directory?(path) err = "trust directory #{path} isn't a directory" raise Gem::Security::Exception, err end else # trust directory doesn't exist, so create it with permissions FileUtils.mkdir_p(path) FileUtils.chmod(perms, path) end end # # Build a certificate from the given DN and private key. # def self.build_cert(name, key, opt = {}) Gem.ensure_ssl_available opt = OPT.merge(opt) # create new cert ret = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new # populate cert attributes ret.version = 2 ret.serial = 0 ret.public_key = key.public_key ret.not_before = Time.now ret.not_after = Time.now + opt[:cert_age] ret.subject = name # add certificate extensions ef = OpenSSL::X509::ExtensionFactory.new(nil, ret) ret.extensions = opt[:cert_exts].map { |k, v| ef.create_extension(k, v) } # sign cert i_key, i_cert = opt[:issuer_key] || key, opt[:issuer_cert] || ret ret = sign_cert(ret, i_key, i_cert, opt) # return cert ret end # # Build a self-signed certificate for the given email address. # def self.build_self_signed_cert(email_addr, opt = {}) Gem.ensure_ssl_available opt = OPT.merge(opt) path = { :key => nil, :cert => nil } # split email address up cn, dcs = email_addr.split('@') dcs = dcs.split('.') # munge email CN and DCs cn = cn.gsub(opt[:munge_re], '_') dcs = dcs.map { |dc| dc.gsub(opt[:munge_re], '_') } # create DN name = "CN=#{cn}/" << dcs.map { |dc| "DC=#{dc}" }.join('/') name = OpenSSL::X509::Name::parse(name) # build private key key = opt[:key_algo].new(opt[:key_size]) # method name pretty much says it all :) verify_trust_dir(opt[:trust_dir], opt[:perms][:trust_dir]) # if we're saving the key, then write it out if opt[:save_key] path[:key] = opt[:save_key_path] || (opt[:output_fmt] % 'private_key') File.open(path[:key], 'wb') do |file| file.chmod(opt[:perms][:signing_key]) file.write(key.to_pem) end end # build self-signed public cert from key cert = build_cert(name, key, opt) # if we're saving the cert, then write it out if opt[:save_cert] path[:cert] = opt[:save_cert_path] || (opt[:output_fmt] % 'public_cert') File.open(path[:cert], 'wb') do |file| file.chmod(opt[:perms][:signing_cert]) file.write(cert.to_pem) end end # return key, cert, and paths (if applicable) { :key => key, :cert => cert, :key_path => path[:key], :cert_path => path[:cert] } end # # Add certificate to trusted cert list. # # Note: At the moment these are stored in OPT[:trust_dir], although that # directory may change in the future. # def self.add_trusted_cert(cert, opt = {}) opt = OPT.merge(opt) # get destination path path = Gem::Security::Policy.trusted_cert_path(cert, opt) # verify trust directory (can't write to nowhere, you know) verify_trust_dir(opt[:trust_dir], opt[:perms][:trust_dir]) # write cert to output file File.open(path, 'wb') do |file| file.chmod(opt[:perms][:trusted_cert]) file.write(cert.to_pem) end # return nil nil end # # Basic OpenSSL-based package signing class. # class Signer attr_accessor :key, :cert_chain def initialize(key, cert_chain) Gem.ensure_ssl_available @algo = Gem::Security::OPT[:dgst_algo] @key, @cert_chain = key, cert_chain # check key, if it's a file, and if it's key, leave it alone if @key && !@key.kind_of?(OpenSSL::PKey::PKey) @key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(@key)) end # check cert chain, if it's a file, load it, if it's cert data, convert # it into a cert object, and if it's a cert object, leave it alone if @cert_chain @cert_chain = @cert_chain.map do |cert| # check cert, if it's a file, load it, if it's cert data, convert it # into a cert object, and if it's a cert object, leave it alone if cert && !cert.kind_of?(OpenSSL::X509::Certificate) cert = File.read(cert) if File::exist?(cert) cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(cert) end cert end end end # # Sign data with given digest algorithm # def sign(data) @key.sign(@algo.new, data) end end end