Support passwords encoded in HEX

chrony.texi

@@ -1727,8 +1727,8 @@ pairs.  The format of the file is shown below
 @example
 10 tulip
 11 hyacinth
-20 MD5 crocus
+20 MD5 ASCII:crocus
-25 SHA1 iris
+25 SHA1 HEX:1dc764e0791b11fa67efc7ecbc4b0d73f68a070c 
  ...
 @end example
 
@@ -1737,7 +1737,9 @@ and a password. The ID can be any unsigned integer in the range 0 through
 2**32-1.  The hash function is MD5 by default, depending on how was
 @code{chronyd} compiled other allowed hash functions may be SHA1, SHA256,
 SHA384, SHA512, RMD128, RMD160, RMD256, RMD320, TIGER and WHIRLPOOL.  The
-password can be any string of characters not containing a space.
+password can be encoded as a string of characters not containing a space with
+optional @code{ASCII:} prefix or as a hexadecimal number with @code{HEX:}
+prefix.
 
 The ID for the chronyc authentication key is specified with the
 commandkey command (see earlier).
@@ -3766,6 +3768,8 @@ password on the command line is as follows
 
 @example
 password xyzzy
+password ASCII:xyzzy
+password HEX:78797a7a79
 @end example
 
 To enter the password without it being echoed, enter
@@ -3779,9 +3783,10 @@ should enter the password and press return.  (Note that the no-echo mode
 is limited to 8 characters on SunOS 4.1 due to limitations in the system
 library.  Other systems do not have this restriction.)
 
-The password is any string of characters not containing whitespace.  It
+The password can be encoded as a string of characters not containing a space
-has to match @code{chronyd's} currently defined command key (@pxref{commandkey
+with optional @code{ASCII:} prefix or as a hexadecimal number with @code{HEX:}
-directive}).
+prefix.  It has to match @code{chronyd's} currently defined command key
+(@pxref{commandkey directive}).
 @c }}}
 @c {{{ polltarget
 @node polltarget command

client.c

@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ process_cmd_delete(CMD_Request *msg, char *line)
 
 static char *password;
 static int password_seen = 0;
+static int password_length;
 static int auth_hash_id;
 
 /* ================================================== */
@@ -1125,7 +1126,13 @@ process_cmd_password(CMD_Request *msg, char *line)
   if (!*password) {
     password_seen = 0;
   } else {
+    password_length = UTI_DecodePasswordFromText(password);
+    if (password_length > 0) {
       password_seen = 1;
+    } else {
+      password_seen = 0;
+      fprintf(stderr, "Could not decode password\n");
+    }
   }
 
   if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) < 0) {
@@ -1149,7 +1156,7 @@ generate_auth(CMD_Request *msg)
 
   assert(auth_hash_id >= 0);
 
-  return UTI_GenerateNTPAuth(auth_hash_id, (unsigned char *)password, strlen(password),
+  return UTI_GenerateNTPAuth(auth_hash_id, (unsigned char *)password, password_length,
       (unsigned char *)msg, data_len, ((unsigned char *)msg) + data_len, sizeof (msg->auth));
 }
 
@@ -1164,7 +1171,7 @@ check_reply_auth(CMD_Reply *msg, int len)
 
   assert(auth_hash_id >= 0);
 
-  return UTI_CheckNTPAuth(auth_hash_id, (unsigned char *)password, strlen(password),
+  return UTI_CheckNTPAuth(auth_hash_id, (unsigned char *)password, password_length,
       (unsigned char *)msg, data_len,
       ((unsigned char *)msg) + data_len, len - data_len);
 }

keys.c

@@ -179,10 +179,15 @@ KEY_Reload(void)
             continue;
           }
 
+          keys[n_keys].len = UTI_DecodePasswordFromText(keyval);
+          if (!keys[n_keys].len) {
+            LOG(LOGS_WARN, LOGF_Keys, "Could not decode password in key %d", key_id);
+            continue;
+          }
+
           keys[n_keys].id = key_id;
-          keys[n_keys].len = strlen(keyval);
+          keys[n_keys].val = MallocArray(char, keys[n_keys].len);
-          keys[n_keys].val = MallocArray(char, 1 + keys[n_keys].len);
+          memcpy(keys[n_keys].val, keyval, keys[n_keys].len);
-          strcpy(keys[n_keys].val, keyval);
           n_keys++;
         }
       }
@@ -193,6 +198,10 @@ KEY_Reload(void)
          more careful! */
       qsort((void *) keys, n_keys, sizeof(Key), compare_keys_by_id);
 
+      /* Erase the passwords from stack */
+      memset(line, 0, sizeof (line));
+      memset(buf1, 0, sizeof (buf1));
+      memset(buf2, 0, sizeof (buf2));
     }
   }
 

util.c

@@ -639,3 +639,33 @@ UTI_CheckNTPAuth(int hash_id, const unsigned char *key, int key_len,
   return UTI_GenerateNTPAuth(hash_id, key, key_len, data, data_len,
         buf, sizeof (buf)) == auth_len && !memcmp(buf, auth, auth_len);
 }
+
+/* ================================================== */
+
+int
+UTI_DecodePasswordFromText(char *key)
+{
+  int i, j, len = strlen(key);
+  char buf[3], *p;
+
+  if (!strncmp(key, "ASCII:", 6)) {
+    memmove(key, key + 6, len - 6);
+    return len - 6;
+  } else if (!strncmp(key, "HEX:", 4)) {
+    if ((len - 4) % 2)
+      return 0;
+
+    for (i = 0, j = 4; j + 1 < len; i++, j += 2) {
+      buf[0] = key[j], buf[1] = key[j + 1], buf[2] = '\0';
+      key[i] = strtol(buf, &p, 16);
+
+      if (p != buf + 2)
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return i;
+  } else {
+    /* assume ASCII */
+    return len;
+  }
+}

util.h

@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ extern int UTI_GenerateNTPAuth(int hash_id, const unsigned char *key, int key_le
 extern int UTI_CheckNTPAuth(int hash_id, const unsigned char *key, int key_len,
     const unsigned char *data, int data_len, const unsigned char *auth, int auth_len);
 
+/* Decode password encoded in ASCII or HEX */
+extern int UTI_DecodePasswordFromText(char *key);
+
 #if defined (INLINE_UTILITIES)
 #define INLINE_STATIC inline static
 #include "util.c"