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[PATCH v3] fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing them

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Apr 17, 2009, 08:20 UTC
Message-ID
<1239956411-11195-1-git-send-email-ae@op5.se>
In-Reply-To
<7vbpqxvnpl.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

When pulling from a remote, the full URL including username is by default added to the commit message. Since it adds very little value but could be used by malicious people to glean valid usernames (with matching hostnames), we're far better off just stripping the username before storing the remote URL locally.

Note that this patch has no lasting visible effect when "git pull" does not create a merge commit. It simply alters what gets written to .git/FETCH_HEAD, which is used by "git merge" to automagically create its messages.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
---
I made some minor modifications to your function, Junio.
* use xcalloc() instead of malloc() to make sure the string
  is nul-terminated.
* take strlen() of anon_part instead of calculating the whole
  thing once, as we use that measurement twice.
* moved handling of !scheme_prefix && !is_bare_ssh_url(url)
  up top, so both conditions can be seen at once on my fairly
  cramped editor.
 builtin-fetch.c |    7 +++++--
 transport.c     |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 transport.h     |    1 +
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index 3c998ea..0bb290b 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 	}
 }
 
-static int store_updated_refs(const char *url, const char *remote_name,
+static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 		struct ref *ref_map)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
@@ -298,11 +298,13 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *url, const char *remote_name,
 	char note[1024];
 	const char *what, *kind;
 	struct ref *rm;
-	char *filename = git_path("FETCH_HEAD");
+	char *url, *filename = git_path("FETCH_HEAD");
 
 	fp = fopen(filename, "a");
 	if (!fp)
 		return error("cannot open %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+
+	url = transport_anonymize_url(raw_url);
 	for (rm = ref_map; rm; rm = rm->next) {
 		struct ref *ref = NULL;
 
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *url, const char *remote_name,
 				fprintf(stderr, " %s\n", note);
 		}
 	}
+	free(url);
 	fclose(fp);
 	if (rc & 2)
 		error("some local refs could not be updated; try running\n"
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 3dfb03c..38c12e7 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1083,3 +1083,51 @@ int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport)
 	free(transport);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Strip username (and password) from an url and return
+ * it in a newly allocated string.
+ */
+static char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url)
+{
+	char *anon_url, *scheme_prefix, *anon_part;
+	size_t anon_len, prefix_len = 0;
+
+	anon_part = strchr(url, '@');
+	if (is_local(url) || !anon_part)
+		goto literal_copy;
+
+	anon_len = strlen(++anon_part);
+	scheme_prefix = strstr(url, "://");
+	if (!scheme_prefix) {
+		if (!strchr(anon_part, ':'))
+			/* cannot be "me@there:/path/name" */
+			goto literal_copy;
+	} else {
+		const char *cp;
+		/* make sure scheme is reasonable */
+		for (cp = url; cp < scheme_prefix; cp++) {
+			switch (*cp) {
+				/* RFC 1738 2.1 */
+			case '+': case '.': case '-':
+				break; /* ok */
+			default:
+				if (isalnum(*cp))
+					break;
+				/* it isn't */
+				goto literal_copy;
+			}
+		}
+		/* @ past the first slash does not count */
+		cp = strchr(scheme_prefix + 3, '/');
+		if (cp && cp < anon_part)
+			goto literal_copy;
+		prefix_len = scheme_prefix - url + 3;
+	}
+	anon_url = xcalloc(1, 1 + prefix_len + anon_len);
+	memcpy(anon_url, url, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(anon_url + prefix_len, anon_part, anon_len);
+	return anon_url;
+	literal_copy:
+	return xstrdup(url);
+}
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index b1c2252..27bfc52 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ const struct ref *transport_get_remote_refs(struct transport *transport);
 int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, const struct ref *refs);
 void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport);
 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport);
+char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url);
 
 #endif
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.2.g743353.dirty
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  1. fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing themAndreas Ericsson, Apr 15, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberApr 15, 2009
  3. Andreas EricssonApr 15, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2009
  5. Andreas EricssonApr 15, 2009
  6. Johannes SixtApr 15, 2009
  7. Andreas EricssonApr 15, 2009
  8. fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing themAndreas Ericsson, Apr 15, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2009
  10. Andreas EricssonApr 15, 2009
  11. fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing themAndreas Ericsson, Apr 17, 2009
  12. Andreas EricssonApr 20, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009

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