[10] RFR 8166222: Don't treat signed jars with invalid timestamps as unsigned

Weijun Wang weijun.wang at oracle.com
Fri Jul 14 15:22:49 UTC 2017


All comments accepted. I’ll update my webrev next month. :-)

No comment on real code change?

--Max
 
> On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:20 PM, Sean Mullan <sean.mullan at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Finally getting back to reviewing this update. A few comments:
> 
> SignatureFileVerifier.java:
> 
> 729                     debug.println("getTimeStamp caught: "+e);
> 
> Can you add a more descriptive message here, like: "Exception processing timestamp, code will be treated as signed, but not timestamped: ".
> 
> Resources.java:
> 
> 209         {".CertPath.not.validated.", "[CertPath not validated: "},
> 210         {".TSA.CertPath.not.validated.", "[TSA CertPath not validated: "},
> 
> I think it would be more clear to say "Invalid CertPath". "not validated" sounds like keytool didn't even try to validate the path.
> 
> Also, I think you should say "certificate chain" instead of "CertPath" because that is the term that is used in all the other certificate chain messages emitted by keytool.
> 
> 265         {"The.tsa.certificate.chain.is.not.validated.reason.1",
> 266                 "The TSA certificate chain is not validated. Reason: %s"},
> 
> s/not validated/invalid/
> 
> 275 {"This.jar.contains.entries.whose.tsa.certificate.chain.is.not.validated.reason.1",
> 276                 "This jar contains entries whose TSA certificate chain is not validated. Reason: %s"},
> 
> s/not/validated/invalid/
> 
> 281         {"bad.timestamp.verifying",
> 282                 "This jar contains signatures that include an invalid timestamp. Without a valid timestamp, users may not be able to validate this jar after any of the signer certificates expire (as early as %1$tY-%1$tm-%1$td)."},
> 
> Can you also include information how to debug this, i.e. "Rerun jarsigner with -J-Djava.security.debug=jar for more information."
> 
> --Sean
> 
> On 5/22/17 11:43 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> An updated webrev at
>>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8166222/webrev.01/
>> Some more changes:
>> - TSA cert chain validation is performed in both verification and signing. The exit code for validation failure when -strict is specified is 64.
>> - printCert() and validateCertChain() know about they are dealing with TSA cert chain and do not touch any flag except for tsaChainNotValidated. Code being a little ugly.
>> - TSA certs lines added to -verbose -certs.
>> BTW, the code change also fixed https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180289.
>> Here is an example:
>> $ jarsigner -verify -strict ts2.jar -verbose -certs
>> s k      75 Mon May 22 22:49:06 CST 2017 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
>>       [entry was signed on 5/22/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       >>> Signer
>>       X.509, CN=signer (signer)
>>       [certificate is valid from 5/22/17, 10:49 PM to 12/8/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       X.509, CN=CA (ca)
>>       [certificate is valid from 4/12/17, 10:49 PM to 10/29/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       >>> TSA
>>       X.509, CN=ts
>>       [certificate is valid from 5/22/17, 10:49 PM to 12/8/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       [ExtendedKeyUsage extension does not support timestamping]
>>       [TSA CertPath not validated: Extended key usage does not permit use for TSA server]
>>         305 Mon May 22 22:49:08 CST 2017 META-INF/SIGNER.SF
>>        3096 Mon May 22 22:51:06 CST 2017 META-INF/SIGNER.RSA
>> smk       1 Mon May 22 22:48:56 CST 2017 A
>>       [entry was signed on 5/22/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       >>> Signer
>>       X.509, CN=signer (signer)
>>       [certificate is valid from 5/22/17, 10:49 PM to 12/8/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       X.509, CN=CA (ca)
>>       [certificate is valid from 4/12/17, 10:49 PM to 10/29/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       >>> TSA
>>       X.509, CN=ts
>>       [certificate is valid from 5/22/17, 10:49 PM to 12/8/17, 10:49 PM]
>>       [TSA CertPath not validated: Extended key usage does not permit use for TSA server]
>>   s = signature was verified
>>   m = entry is listed in manifest
>>   k = at least one certificate was found in keystore
>> - Signed by "CN=signer"
>>     Digest algorithm: SHA-256
>>     Signature algorithm: SHA256withRSA, 2048-bit key
>>   Timestamped by "CN=ts" on Mon May 22 14:49:08 UTC 2017
>>     Timestamp digest algorithm: SHA-256
>>     Timestamp signature algorithm: SHA1withRSA, 2048-bit key
>> jar verified, with signer errors.
>> Error:
>> This jar contains entries whose TSA certificate chain is not validated. Reason: Extended key usage does not permit use for TSA server
>> Thanks
>> Max
>> On 04/12/2017 11:52 PM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>>> Please take a review at
>>> 
>>>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8166222/webrev.00/
>>> 
>>> The major code change is inside SignatureFileVerifier.java. Now if the timestamp on a signed jar is invalid (For example, using a weak algorithm now disabled), the jar file will be treated as a signed jar without a timestamp. Before this change, it was treated unsigned.
>>> 
>>> In jarsigner/Main.java, I also add a line to validate the TSA cert chain. If not validated, a warning will be shown which is similar to the one when signer cert chain is not validated. If -strict is on, exit code will change too.
>>> 
>>> I also make a small change at
>>> 
>>>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8166222/root/webrev.00/
>>> 
>>> The executeCommand() method shows more info (mainly stdout and stderr outputs) than executeProcess().
>>> 
>>> Because of the behavior change and new warnings, this change will need a Compatibility and Specification Review (CSR). At the moment, please review the code change first.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Max




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