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From: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH common 1/3] pem to der: make header and footer parsing stricter
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2026 11:37:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109103733.128704-2-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109103733.128704-1-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>

When parsing a PEM to then decode it to a DER, the header and footer
regex could previously lead to the header being included in the
decoded content as is the case with the following example:

    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Since the subroutine's focus is not to validate the structure but just to
decode the content, create a clearer error boundary by die'ing quickly if
no header or footer is found.

Additionally, there was an edgecase where the regex for the label would
glob up the whole PEM. A stricter label regex avoids globbing up the whole
PEM and can then be used to produce a more meaningful error.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/Certificate.pm | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
index 589bce8..6985d75 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
@@ -183,14 +183,17 @@ sub check_pem {
 sub pem_to_der {
     my ($content) = @_;
 
-    my $header = $header_re->(qr/.*?/);
-    my $footer = $footer_re->(qr/.*?/);
+    # RFC 7468 allows a single dash, so only dissallow 2 consecutive dashes
+    my $header = $header_re->(qr/(?:(?!--).)+?/);
+    my $footer = $footer_re->(qr/(?:(?!--).)+?/);
 
     $content = strip_leading_text($content);
 
     # only take first PEM entry
-    $content =~ s/^$header$//mg;
-    $content =~ s/$footer.*//sg;
+    $content =~ s/^$header$//mg
+        or die "Could not convert PEM to DER, no header found.\n";
+    $content =~ s/^$footer.*//ms
+        or die "Could not convert PEM to DER, no footer found.\n";
 
     $content = decode_base64($content);
 
-- 
2.47.3





  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-09 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-09 10:37 [PATCH common 0/3] pem parser: handle missing newline edge case Thomas Ellmenreich
2026-11-09 10:37 ` Thomas Ellmenreich [this message]
2026-11-09 10:37 ` [PATCH common 2/3] tests: introduce tests for pem_to_der Thomas Ellmenreich
2026-11-09 10:37 ` [PATCH common 3/3] check pem: force at least one newline after header and footer Thomas Ellmenreich

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