Fix RSA certificate key determination. (#602)

* Fix RSA certificate key determination.

Fixes #599.

* Correct serialization of RSA certificates with unlimited dates.

* The test for connecting with RSA certificate.

* Remove redundant change in TransportImpl.java

* Add forgotten test keys.

* Make net.schmizz.sshj.common.KeyType.CertUtils.epochFromDate readable.

Co-authored-by: Vladimir Lagunov <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jeroen van Erp <[email protected]>

src/itest/docker-image/Dockerfile

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ADD test-container/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
 ADD test-container/ssh_host_ed25519_key   /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
 ADD test-container/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub   /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
 ADD test-container/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+ADD test-container/users_rsa_ca.pub /etc/ssh/users_rsa_ca.pub
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache tini
 RUN \
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ RUN \
   chmod 644 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub && \
   chown -R sshj:sshj /home/sshj
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "/entrypoint.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "/entrypoint.sh", "-o", "LogLevel=DEBUG2"]

src/itest/docker-image/test-container/sshd_config

@@ -130,3 +130,5 @@ Subsystem	sftp	/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
 
 KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256,[email protected],ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
 macs [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected]
+
+TrustedUserCAKeys /etc/ssh/users_rsa_ca.pub

src/itest/docker-image/test-container/users_rsa_ca.pub

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-rsa 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 root@sshj

src/itest/generate.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Don't call it frequently. It's rather a documentation how everything is generated.
+ssh-keygen -f resources/users_rsa_ca -t rsa -N ''
+mv resources/users_rsa_ca.pub docker-image/test-container
+ssh-keygen -f resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2 -t rsa -m pem -N ''
+ssh-keygen -s resources/users_rsa_ca -I my_key_id -n sshj resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2.pub

src/itest/groovy/com/hierynomus/sshj/signature/RsaSignatureClientKeySpec.groovy

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C)2009 - SSHJ Contributors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package com.hierynomus.sshj.signature
+
+import com.hierynomus.sshj.IntegrationBaseSpec
+import net.schmizz.sshj.DefaultConfig
+import spock.lang.Unroll
+
+class RsaSignatureClientKeySpec extends IntegrationBaseSpec {
+    @Unroll
+    def "should correctly connect using publickey auth with RSA key with signature"() {
+        given:
+        def client = getConnectedClient(new DefaultConfig())
+
+        when:
+        client.authPublickey(USERNAME, "src/itest/resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2")
+
+        then:
+        client.authenticated
+    }
+}

src/itest/resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
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+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

src/itest/resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2-cert.pub

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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src/itest/resources/keyfiles/id_rsa2.pub

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-rsa 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 lagunov@unit-1381

src/itest/resources/users_rsa_ca

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/Buffer.java

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public PlainBuffer(int size) {
     public static final int MAX_SIZE = (1 << 30); 
 
     /** Maximum size of a uint64 */
-    private static final BigInteger MAX_UINT64_VALUE = BigInteger.ONE
+    public static final BigInteger MAX_UINT64_VALUE = BigInteger.ONE
                                                             .shiftLeft(64)
                                                             .subtract(BigInteger.ONE);
 

src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/KeyType.java

@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ protected void writePubKeyContentsIntoBuffer(PublicKey pk, Buffer<?> buf) {
         protected boolean isMyType(Key key) {
             return CertUtils.isCertificateOfType(key, RSA);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public KeyType getParent() {
+            return RSA;
+        }
     },
 
     /** Signed dsa certificate */
@@ -239,6 +244,11 @@ protected void writePubKeyContentsIntoBuffer(PublicKey pk, Buffer<?> buf) {
         protected boolean isMyType(Key key) {
             return CertUtils.isCertificateOfType(key, DSA);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public KeyType getParent() {
+            return KeyType.DSA;
+        }
     },
 
     /** Unrecognized */
@@ -283,10 +293,24 @@ public void putPubKeyIntoBuffer(PublicKey pk, Buffer<?> buf) {
     protected abstract boolean isMyType(Key key);
 
     public static KeyType fromKey(Key key) {
+        KeyType result = UNKNOWN;
         for (KeyType kt : values())
-            if (kt.isMyType((key)))
-                return kt;
-        return UNKNOWN;
+            if (kt.isMyType((key)) && (result == UNKNOWN || kt.isSubType(result)))
+                result = kt;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isSubType(KeyType keyType) {
+        for (KeyType node = this; node != null; node = node.getParent()) {
+            if (keyType == node) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public KeyType getParent() {
+        return null;
     }
 
     public static KeyType fromString(String sType) {
@@ -372,8 +396,18 @@ private static Date dateFromEpoch(BigInteger seconds) {
             }
         }
 
-        private static long epochFromDate(Date date) {
-            return date.getTime() / 1000;
+        private static BigInteger epochFromDate(Date date) {
+            long time = date.getTime() / 1000;
+            if (time >= Long.MAX_VALUE / 1000) {
+                // Dealing with the signed longs in Java. Since the protocol requires a unix timestamp in milliseconds,
+                // and since Java can store numbers not bigger than 2^63-1 as `long`, we can't distinguish dates
+                // after `new Date(Long.MAX_VALUE / 1000)`. It's unlikely that someone uses certificate valid until
+                // the 10 January of 294247 year. Supposing that such dates are unlimited.
+                // OpenSSH expects to see 0xFF_FF_FF_FF_FF_FF_FF_FF in such cases.
+                return Buffer.MAX_UINT64_VALUE;
+            } else {
+                return BigInteger.valueOf(time);
+            }
         }
 
         private static String unpackString(byte[] packedString) throws BufferException {