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tests: characterize extacl base64 stack buffer overflow
kinkie Jun 15, 2026
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icap: fix extacl credential buffer overflow in makeRequestHeaders
kinkie Jun 17, 2026
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http: fix extacl credential buffer overflows in httpFixupAuthentication
kinkie Jun 17, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into fix-base64encode
kinkie Jun 19, 2026
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kinkie Jun 20, 2026
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Remove test harness
kinkie Jun 20, 2026
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Use TextException
kinkie Jun 20, 2026
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Update src/adaptation/icap/ModXact.cc
kinkie Jul 5, 2026
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Merge branch 'master' into fix-base64encode
kinkie Jul 7, 2026
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define -> constexpr auto
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Add field size checks
kinkie Jul 7, 2026
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Fix Assure() position and include header
kinkie Jul 11, 2026
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Revert broken changes to ModXact.cc
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add missing include
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add size guard to SSP_MakeChallenge
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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions src/adaptation/icap/ModXact.cc
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Expand Up @@ -1399,12 +1399,20 @@ void Adaptation::Icap::ModXact::makeRequestHeaders(MemBuf &buf)
String vh=virgin.header->header.getById(Http::HdrType::PROXY_AUTHORIZATION);
buf.appendf("Proxy-Authorization: " SQUIDSTRINGPH "\r\n", SQUIDSTRINGPRINT(vh));
} else if (request->extacl_user.size() > 0 && request->extacl_passwd.size() > 0) {
const auto userLen = request->extacl_user.size();
const auto passwdLen = request->extacl_passwd.size();
// +1 for the ':' separator between user and passwd
const auto plainLen = userLen + 1 + passwdLen;
if (plainLen > MAX_LOGIN_SZ)
throw TexcHere("extacl credentials too long for Proxy-Authorization");
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// plainLen <= MAX_LOGIN_SZ, so base64_encode_len(plainLen) fits
// within the base64_encode_len(MAX_LOGIN_SZ) stack buffer.
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char base64buf[base64_encode_len(MAX_LOGIN_SZ)];
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struct base64_encode_ctx ctx;
base64_encode_init(&ctx);
char base64buf[base64_encode_len(MAX_LOGIN_SZ)];
size_t resultLen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, base64buf, request->extacl_user.size(), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_user.rawBuf()));
auto resultLen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, base64buf, userLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_user.rawBuf()));
resultLen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, base64buf+resultLen, 1, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(":"));
resultLen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, base64buf+resultLen, request->extacl_passwd.size(), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_passwd.rawBuf()));
resultLen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, base64buf+resultLen, passwdLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_passwd.rawBuf()));
resultLen += base64_encode_final(&ctx, base64buf+resultLen);
buf.appendf("Proxy-Authorization: Basic %.*s\r\n", (int)resultLen, base64buf);
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22 changes: 17 additions & 5 deletions src/http.cc
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Expand Up @@ -1850,8 +1850,12 @@ httpFixupAuthentication(HttpRequest * request, const HttpHeader * hdr_in, HttpHe
username = request->auth_user_request->username();
#endif

blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, strlen(username), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(username));
blen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf+blen, strlen(request->peer_login +1), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->peer_login +1));
const auto usernameLen = strlen(username);
const auto suffixLen = strlen(request->peer_login + 1);
if (usernameLen + suffixLen > MAX_LOGIN_SZ)
throw TexcHere("peer login credentials too long");
blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, usernameLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(username));
blen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf+blen, suffixLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->peer_login +1));
blen += base64_encode_final(&ctx, loginbuf+blen);
httpHeaderPutStrf(hdr_out, header, "Basic %.*s", (int)blen, loginbuf);
return;
Expand All @@ -1862,9 +1866,14 @@ httpFixupAuthentication(HttpRequest * request, const HttpHeader * hdr_in, HttpHe
(strcmp(request->peer_login, "PASS") == 0 ||
strcmp(request->peer_login, "PROXYPASS") == 0)) {

blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, request->extacl_user.size(), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_user.rawBuf()));
const auto userLen = request->extacl_user.size();
const auto passwdLen = request->extacl_passwd.size();
// +1 for the ':' separator between user and passwd
if (userLen + 1 + passwdLen > MAX_LOGIN_SZ)
throw TexcHere("extacl credentials too long for peer login");
blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, userLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_user.rawBuf()));
blen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf+blen, 1, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(":"));
blen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf+blen, request->extacl_passwd.size(), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_passwd.rawBuf()));
blen += base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf+blen, passwdLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->extacl_passwd.rawBuf()));
blen += base64_encode_final(&ctx, loginbuf+blen);
httpHeaderPutStrf(hdr_out, header, "Basic %.*s", (int)blen, loginbuf);
return;
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}
#endif /* HAVE_KRB5 && HAVE_GSSAPI */

blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, strlen(request->peer_login), reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->peer_login));
const auto loginLen = strlen(request->peer_login);
if (loginLen > MAX_LOGIN_SZ)
throw TexcHere("peer_login too long");
blen = base64_encode_update(&ctx, loginbuf, loginLen, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request->peer_login));
blen += base64_encode_final(&ctx, loginbuf+blen);
httpHeaderPutStrf(hdr_out, header, "Basic %.*s", (int)blen, loginbuf);
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