* mdocml: limit CGI process execution time to make REDoS attacks less
@ 2014-08-21 16:05 schwarze
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From: schwarze @ 2014-08-21 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Log Message:
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limit CGI process execution time to make REDoS attacks less effective;
attack surface pointed out by Sebastien Marie
Modified Files:
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mdocml:
cgi.c
Revision Data
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Index: cgi.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/cgi.c,v
retrieving revision 1.94
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -Lcgi.c -Lcgi.c -u -p -r1.94 -r1.95
--- cgi.c
+++ cgi.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include "config.h"
#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
@@ -1029,9 +1030,22 @@ int
main(void)
{
struct req req;
+ struct itimerval itimer;
const char *path;
const char *querystring;
int i;
+
+ /* Poor man's ReDoS mitigation. */
+
+ itimer.it_value.tv_sec = 1;
+ itimer.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
+ itimer.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
+ itimer.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
+ if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &itimer, NULL) == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "setitimer: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ pg_error_internal();
+ return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
/* Scan our run-time environment. */
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