Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower cases of email addresses. (#7021)

fixes #7016

changelog.d/7021.bugfix

+Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower case in email addresses when used as identifiers for login, etc. Contributed by @dklimpel.

synapse/handlers/auth.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
 from synapse.push.mailer import load_jinja2_templates
 from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
 
 from ._base import BaseHandler
 
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         # for the presence of an email address during password reset was
         # case sensitive).
         if medium == "email":
-            address = address.lower()
+            address = canonicalise_email(address)
 
         await self.store.user_add_threepid(
             user_id, medium, address, validated_at, self.hs.get_clock().time_msec()
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         # 'Canonicalise' email addresses as per above
         if medium == "email":
-            address = address.lower()
+            address = canonicalise_email(address)
 
         identity_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
         result = await identity_handler.try_unbind_threepid(

synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha._base import client_patterns
 from synapse.rest.well_known import WellKnownBuilder
 from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -206,11 +207,14 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
             if medium is None or address is None:
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid thirdparty identifier")
 
+            # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+            # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+            # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
             if medium == "email":
-                # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
-                # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
-                # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
-                address = address.lower()
+                try:
+                    address = canonicalise_email(address)
+                except ValueError as e:
+                    raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
 
             # We also apply account rate limiting using the 3PID as a key, as
             # otherwise using 3PID bypasses the ratelimiting based on user ID.

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
 from synapse.push.mailer import Mailer, load_jinja2_templates
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
 from synapse.util.stringutils import assert_valid_client_secret, random_string
-from synapse.util.threepids import check_3pid_allowed
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email, check_3pid_allowed
 
 from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ class EmailPasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # Canonicalise the email address. The addresses are all stored canonicalised
+        # in the database. This allows the user to reset his password without having to
+        # know the exact spelling (eg. upper and lower case) of address in the database.
+        # Stored in the database "foo@bar.com"
+        # User requests with "FOO@bar.com" would raise a Not Found error
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -94,6 +102,10 @@ class EmailPasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 Codes.THREEPID_DENIED,
             )
 
+        # The email will be sent to the stored address.
+        # This avoids a potential account hijack by requesting a password reset to
+        # an email address which is controlled by the attacker but which, after
+        # canonicalisation, matches the one in our database.
         existing_user_id = await self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
             "email", email
         )
@@ -274,10 +286,13 @@ class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 if "medium" not in threepid or "address" not in threepid:
                     raise SynapseError(500, "Malformed threepid")
                 if threepid["medium"] == "email":
-                    # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
-                    # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
+                    # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+                    # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
                     # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
-                    threepid["address"] = threepid["address"].lower()
+                    try:
+                        threepid["address"] = canonicalise_email(threepid["address"])
+                    except ValueError as e:
+                        raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
                 # if using email, we must know about the email they're authing with!
                 threepid_user_id = await self.datastore.get_user_id_by_threepid(
                     threepid["medium"], threepid["address"]
@@ -392,7 +407,16 @@ class EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # Canonicalise the email address. The addresses are all stored canonicalised
+        # in the database.
+        # This ensures that the validation email is sent to the canonicalised address
+        # as it will later be entered into the database.
+        # Otherwise the email will be sent to "FOO@bar.com" and stored as
+        # "foo@bar.com" in database.
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -403,9 +427,7 @@ class EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 Codes.THREEPID_DENIED,
             )
 
-        existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid(
-            "email", body["email"]
-        )
+        existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid("email", email)
 
         if existing_user_id is not None:
             if self.config.request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors:

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from synapse.push.mailer import load_jinja2_templates
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.stringutils import assert_valid_client_secret, random_string
-from synapse.util.threepids import check_3pid_allowed
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email, check_3pid_allowed
 
 from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ class EmailRegisterRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+        # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+        # (See on_POST in EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet
+        # in synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py)
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ class EmailRegisterRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
             )
 
         existing_user_id = await self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
-            "email", body["email"]
+            "email", email
         )
 
         if existing_user_id is not None:
@@ -552,6 +559,15 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
                     if login_type in auth_result:
                         medium = auth_result[login_type]["medium"]
                         address = auth_result[login_type]["address"]
+                        # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+                        # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+                        # (See on_POST in EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet
+                        # in synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py)
+                        if medium == "email":
+                            try:
+                                address = canonicalise_email(address)
+                            except ValueError as e:
+                                raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
 
                         existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid(
                             medium, address

synapse/util/threepids.py

@@ -48,3 +48,26 @@ def check_3pid_allowed(hs, medium, address):
         return True
 
     return False
+
+
+def canonicalise_email(address: str) -> str:
+    """'Canonicalise' email address
+    Case folding of local part of email address and lowercase domain part
+    See MSC2265, https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2265
+
+    Args:
+        address: email address to be canonicalised
+    Returns:
+        The canonical form of the email address
+    Raises:
+        ValueError if the address could not be parsed.
+    """
+
+    address = address.strip()
+
+    parts = address.split("@")
+    if len(parts) != 2:
+        logger.debug("Couldn't parse email address %s", address)
+        raise ValueError("Unable to parse email address")
+
+    return parts[0].casefold() + "@" + parts[1].lower()

tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_account.py

@@ -108,6 +108,46 @@ class PasswordResetTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         # Assert we can't log in with the old password
         self.attempt_wrong_password_login("kermit", old_password)
 
+    def test_basic_password_reset_canonicalise_email(self):
+        """Test basic password reset flow
+        Request password reset with different spelling
+        """
+        old_password = "monkey"
+        new_password = "kangeroo"
+
+        user_id = self.register_user("kermit", old_password)
+        self.login("kermit", old_password)
+
+        email_profile = "test@example.com"
+        email_passwort_reset = "TEST@EXAMPLE.COM"
+
+        # Add a threepid
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.user_add_threepid(
+                user_id=user_id,
+                medium="email",
+                address=email_profile,
+                validated_at=0,
+                added_at=0,
+            )
+        )
+
+        client_secret = "foobar"
+        session_id = self._request_token(email_passwort_reset, client_secret)
+
+        self.assertEquals(len(self.email_attempts), 1)
+        link = self._get_link_from_email()
+
+        self._validate_token(link)
+
+        self._reset_password(new_password, session_id, client_secret)
+
+        # Assert we can log in with the new password
+        self.login("kermit", new_password)
+
+        # Assert we can't log in with the old password
+        self.attempt_wrong_password_login("kermit", old_password)
+
     def test_cant_reset_password_without_clicking_link(self):
         """Test that we do actually need to click the link in the email
         """
@@ -386,44 +426,67 @@ class ThreepidEmailRestTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         self.email = "test@example.com"
         self.url_3pid = b"account/3pid"
 
-    def test_add_email(self):
-        """Test adding an email to profile
-        """
-        client_secret = "foobar"
-        session_id = self._request_token(self.email, client_secret)
+    def test_add_valid_email(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email(self.email, self.email))
 
-        self.assertEquals(len(self.email_attempts), 1)
-        link = self._get_link_from_email()
+    def test_add_valid_email_second_time(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email(self.email, self.email))
+        self.get_success(
+            self._request_token_invalid_email(
+                self.email,
+                expected_errcode=Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE,
+                expected_error="Email is already in use",
+            )
+        )
 
-        self._validate_token(link)
+    def test_add_valid_email_second_time_canonicalise(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email(self.email, self.email))
+        self.get_success(
+            self._request_token_invalid_email(
+                "TEST@EXAMPLE.COM",
+                expected_errcode=Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE,
+                expected_error="Email is already in use",
+            )
+        )
 
-        request, channel = self.make_request(
-            "POST",
-            b"/_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/add",
-            {
-                "client_secret": client_secret,
-                "sid": session_id,
-                "auth": {
-                    "type": "m.login.password",
-                    "user": self.user_id,
-                    "password": "test",
-                },
-            },
-            access_token=self.user_id_tok,
+    def test_add_email_no_at(self):
+        self.get_success(
+            self._request_token_invalid_email(
+                "address-without-at.bar",
+                expected_errcode=Codes.UNKNOWN,
+                expected_error="Unable to parse email address",
+            )
         )
 
-        self.render(request)
-        self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]), msg=channel.result["body"])
+    def test_add_email_two_at(self):
+        self.get_success(
+            self._request_token_invalid_email(
+                "foo@foo@test.bar",
+                expected_errcode=Codes.UNKNOWN,
+                expected_error="Unable to parse email address",
+            )
+        )
 
-        # Get user
-        request, channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET", self.url_3pid, access_token=self.user_id_tok,
+    def test_add_email_bad_format(self):
+        self.get_success(
+            self._request_token_invalid_email(
+                "user@bad.example.net@good.example.com",
+                expected_errcode=Codes.UNKNOWN,
+                expected_error="Unable to parse email address",
+            )
         )
-        self.render(request)
 
-        self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]), msg=channel.result["body"])
-        self.assertEqual("email", channel.json_body["threepids"][0]["medium"])
-        self.assertEqual(self.email, channel.json_body["threepids"][0]["address"])
+    def test_add_email_domain_to_lower(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email("foo@TEST.BAR", "foo@test.bar"))
+
+    def test_add_email_domain_with_umlaut(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email("foo@Öumlaut.com", "foo@öumlaut.com"))
+
+    def test_add_email_address_casefold(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email("Strauß@Example.com", "strauss@example.com"))
+
+    def test_address_trim(self):
+        self.get_success(self._add_email(" foo@test.bar ", "foo@test.bar"))
 
     def test_add_email_if_disabled(self):
         """Test adding email to profile when doing so is disallowed
@@ -616,6 +679,19 @@ class ThreepidEmailRestTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
         return channel.json_body["sid"]
 
+    def _request_token_invalid_email(
+        self, email, expected_errcode, expected_error, client_secret="foobar",
+    ):
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            b"account/3pid/email/requestToken",
+            {"client_secret": client_secret, "email": email, "send_attempt": 1},
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(400, int(channel.result["code"]), msg=channel.result["body"])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_errcode, channel.json_body["errcode"])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_error, channel.json_body["error"])
+
     def _validate_token(self, link):
         # Remove the host
         path = link.replace("https://example.com", "")
@@ -643,3 +719,42 @@ class ThreepidEmailRestTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         assert match, "Could not find link in email"
 
         return match.group(0)
+
+    def _add_email(self, request_email, expected_email):
+        """Test adding an email to profile
+        """
+        client_secret = "foobar"
+        session_id = self._request_token(request_email, client_secret)
+
+        self.assertEquals(len(self.email_attempts), 1)
+        link = self._get_link_from_email()
+
+        self._validate_token(link)
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            b"/_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/add",
+            {
+                "client_secret": client_secret,
+                "sid": session_id,
+                "auth": {
+                    "type": "m.login.password",
+                    "user": self.user_id,
+                    "password": "test",
+                },
+            },
+            access_token=self.user_id_tok,
+        )
+
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]), msg=channel.result["body"])
+
+        # Get user
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET", self.url_3pid, access_token=self.user_id_tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]), msg=channel.result["body"])
+        self.assertEqual("email", channel.json_body["threepids"][0]["medium"])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_email, channel.json_body["threepids"][0]["address"])

tests/util/test_threepids.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 Dirk Klimpel
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
+
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
+
+
+class CanonicaliseEmailTests(HomeserverTestCase):
+    def test_no_at(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            canonicalise_email("address-without-at.bar")
+
+    def test_two_at(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            canonicalise_email("foo@foo@test.bar")
+
+    def test_bad_format(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            canonicalise_email("user@bad.example.net@good.example.com")
+
+    def test_valid_format(self):
+        self.assertEqual(canonicalise_email("foo@test.bar"), "foo@test.bar")
+
+    def test_domain_to_lower(self):
+        self.assertEqual(canonicalise_email("foo@TEST.BAR"), "foo@test.bar")
+
+    def test_domain_with_umlaut(self):
+        self.assertEqual(canonicalise_email("foo@Öumlaut.com"), "foo@öumlaut.com")
+
+    def test_address_casefold(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            canonicalise_email("Strauß@Example.com"), "strauss@example.com"
+        )
+
+    def test_address_trim(self):
+        self.assertEqual(canonicalise_email(" foo@test.bar "), "foo@test.bar")