From: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH common 3/3] check pem: force at least one newline after header and footer
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 11:37:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109103733.128704-4-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109103733.128704-1-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
Previously, the newlines after a header and footer were optional, only
the content enforced a newline, which meant that the validation didn't
catch an erroneous PEM's.
Extend the header and footer regexes to account for this, as well as
expecting the start of a line before each. In the case of the footer
the following newline can also be the end of the string.
Fixes: 2e8941e ("fix #5978: pem parser: relax parsing of chain entries")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
---
src/PVE/Certificate.pm | 8 ++---
test/check_pem_test.pl | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
index 6985d75..7072c21 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ PVE::JSONSchema::register_standard_option(
my $header_re = sub {
my ($label) = @_;
- return qr!-----BEGIN\ $label-----(?:\s|\n)*!;
+ return qr!(?m:^)-----BEGIN\ $label-----(?:\s|\n)*\n(?:\s|\n)*!;
};
my $footer_re = sub {
my ($label) = @_;
- return qr!-----END\ $label-----(?:\s|\n)*!;
+ return qr!(?m:^)-----END\ $label-----(?:\s|\n)*(?:$|\n)!;
};
my $pem_re = sub {
my ($label) = @_;
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ sub pem_to_der {
$content = strip_leading_text($content);
# only take first PEM entry
- $content =~ s/^$header$//mg
+ $content =~ s/$header//mg
or die "Could not convert PEM to DER, no header found.\n";
- $content =~ s/^$footer.*//ms
+ $content =~ s/$footer.*//ms
or die "Could not convert PEM to DER, no footer found.\n";
$content = decode_base64($content);
diff --git a/test/check_pem_test.pl b/test/check_pem_test.pl
index 4917d2b..b47a54d 100755
--- a/test/check_pem_test.pl
+++ b/test/check_pem_test.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,32 @@ Y0bq8v3z7qkq1m1Qwqkq1m1QMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwID
SAAwRQIhANfakefakefakefakefakefakefakefakefake
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
+ },
+ {
+ expected_success => 1,
+ name => "full pem no terminating newline",
+ pem => q{-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIBsjCCAVugAwIBAgIJAO2g8Z0dXk9tMAoGCCqGSM49BAMCMEUxCzAJBgNVBAYT
+AlVTMQswCQYDVQQIDAJDQTEQMA4GA1UEBwwHQmVya2VsZXkxEDAOBgNVBAoMB1Rl
+c3QgQ0EwHhcNMjAwMTAxMDAwMDAwWhcNMzAwMTAxMDAwMDAwWjBFMQswCQYDVQQG
+EwJVUzELMAkGA1UECAwCQ0ExEDAOBgNVBAcMB0JlcmtlbGV5MRAwDgYDVQQKDAdU
+ZXN0IENBMFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEv5Q8q1p7qZ2gqkQ0Qn5x
+0n9yqv8n8n7n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8n8aNT
+MFEwHQYDVR0OBBYEFOu2Y0bq8v3z7qkq1m1Qwqkq1m1QMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFOu2
+Y0bq8v3z7qkq1m1Qwqkq1m1QMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwID
+SAAwRQIhANfakefakefakefakefakefakefakefakefake
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----},
+ expected_result => q{-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----}
},
{
expected_success => 1,
@@ -68,7 +94,7 @@ test
EOF
},
{
- expected_success => 1,
+ expected_success => 0,
name => "only newline pem",
pem => <<'EOF',
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
@@ -152,6 +178,22 @@ EOF
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
42JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+ },
+ {
+ expected_success => 0,
+ name => "missing newline pem",
+ multiple => 1,
+ pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----12JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE----------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+
+
+
+
+
+22JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
},
{
@@ -175,6 +217,39 @@ dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
+ },
+ {
+ expected_success => 1,
+ name => "multiple pem with no terminating newline",
+ multiple => 1,
+ pem => q{Subject: CN=some.test.content
+Issuer: CN=Org Issuing CA 3
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+Subject: CN=Org Issuing CA 3
+Issuer: CN=Org Root CA
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+2WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----},
+ expected_result => q{-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+2WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----}
},
{
expected_success => 1,
--
2.47.3
prev parent 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 ` [PATCH common 1/3] pem to der: make header and footer parsing stricter Thomas Ellmenreich
2026-11-09 10:37 ` [PATCH common 2/3] tests: introduce tests for pem_to_der Thomas Ellmenreich
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