fix: bound NSEC bitmap length against record end by bluetoothbot · Pull Request #1731 · python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf

bluetoothbot · 2026-05-18T07:01:00Z

Summary

_read_bitmap read an attacker-controlled bitmap_length byte and unconditionally advanced self.offset by 2 + bitmap_length, with no check against the NSEC record's declared end. Because Python slicing tolerates overshoot, the bitmap silently consumed adjacent bytes (the next record's header) as bitmap data and left self.offset past end. _read_others only resets the offset on exception, so a malformed-but-non-throwing NSEC corrupted the parse for every subsequent record in the same packet and let a LAN peer pollute the NSEC cache with attacker-chosen "absent" type bits — enough to talk an AddressResolver out of issuing follow-up queries.

Fixes #1725

Changes

Validate the 2-byte window header fits inside the record before reading it.
Reject bitmap_length of 0 or > 32 (RFC 4034 §4.1.2 bounds the per-window bitmap to 1..32 bytes).
Reject bitmap_end > end so a window cannot reach past the NSEC record's declared length.
Raise IncomingDecodeError so _read_others resets self.offset to end and the next record parses normally.
Add bitmap_end as unsigned int in the .pxd so the Cython compare against end stays unsigned end-to-end.

Test plan

New test_nsec_bitmap_length_overruns_record_end — crafts an NSEC with bitmap_length=255 and a trailing PTR; the PTR must still parse and the NSEC must be skipped. Fails on master, passes with the fix.
New test_nsec_bitmap_zero_length_window_rejected — zero-length window block rejected per RFC 4034 §4.1.2.
Existing test_parse_packet_with_nsec_record, test_dns_compression_invalid_skips_record, test_dns_compression_points_forward, and test_parse_own_packet_nsec still pass — valid bitmaps unaffected.
SKIP_CYTHON=1 poetry run pytest tests/test_protocol.py tests/test_handlers.py tests/test_services.py → 84 passed.

Quality Report

Changes: 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+)

Code scan: clean

Tests: passed (4 PASSED)

Branch hygiene: clean

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codspeed-hq · 2026-05-18T07:02:48Z

Merging this PR will not alter performance

✅ 11 untouched benchmarks

_{Comparing bluetoothbot:koan/fix-issue-1725 (495acf5) with master (31194a3)}

codecov · 2026-05-18T07:03:13Z

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❌ Patch coverage is 50.00000% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 99.70%. Comparing base (31194a3) to head (495acf5).

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src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py	50.00%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Pull request overview

Fixes a packet-parsing integrity issue in DNSIncoming._read_bitmap for NSEC records by validating bitmap window boundaries against the record’s declared RDATA end, preventing offset corruption that could break parsing of subsequent records and pollute cached NSEC “absent type” bits.

Changes:

Add strict bounds checks in _read_bitmap (window header fits, bitmap length is 1..32, bitmap does not overrun the record end) and raise IncomingDecodeError on violations so _read_others skips the malformed record safely.
Update the Cython .pxd locals to keep bitmap_end unsigned for correct comparisons in compiled builds.
Add regression tests ensuring malformed NSEC bitmaps are rejected while subsequent records in the same packet still parse.

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File	Description
`src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py`	Adds record-end bounds validation for NSEC bitmap parsing and raises `IncomingDecodeError` to prevent offset corruption.
`src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.pxd`	Declares `bitmap_end` as `unsigned int` for Cython-compiled parity and correct unsigned comparisons.
`tests/test_protocol.py`	Adds regression tests for NSEC bitmap overrun and zero-length window handling, ensuring later records still parse.

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bdraco · 2026-05-18T07:07:57Z

coverage is incomplete

bdraco · 2026-05-18T07:08:01Z

@bluetoothbot rr

bluetoothbot · 2026-05-18T08:13:55Z

PR Review — fix: bound NSEC bitmap length against record end

The fix is correct and well-scoped: the three guards (window header fits, bitmap_length in 1..32 per RFC 4034 §4.1.2, bitmap end within record) together prevent the offset corruption described, and routing through IncomingDecodeError correctly hands off to _read_others' offset reset. The .pxd update for bitmap_end keeps the Cython compare unsigned end-to-end, matching the existing convention in _protocol/incoming.pxd. The RFC-citing comment is appropriate per CLAUDE.md guidance. The only blocker is test coverage: the truncated-window-header branch and the valid-length-but-overruns branch aren't exercised by the two new tests, which is what @bdraco's coverage is incomplete comment is pointing at. Add the two missing cases and this is ready.

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1. Two of the three new guard branches are untested (`src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py`, L396-407)

Codecov flags this patch at 50% (1 missing + 1 partial), and the gap maps to two specific branches that the new tests don't reach:

offset_plus_two > end (truncated window header) has no test at all. A packet with rdlength == 1 (just a window-number byte, no length byte) is the natural shape for this — currently this branch is dead from the test suite's perspective.
bitmap_end > end with a valid bitmap_length (1..32) is also unexercised. test_nsec_bitmap_length_overruns_record_end uses bitmap_length=255, which short-circuits on bitmap_length > 32 before bitmap_end > end ever evaluates. So the case where a well-formed-looking window (e.g. length=8) still walks past the record boundary is not pinned down by any test.

Suggested additions:

A rdlength=1 NSEC followed by a PTR (covers the truncated-header branch).
A NSEC with bitmap_length=8 but only e.g. 4 bytes of RDATA remaining after the window header (covers the valid-length-but-overruns branch). This is the realistic attacker shape — a believable-looking bitmap that just happens to overrun.

Splitting these out also means each guard fails for one specific reason in its error message, which is easier to triage from a DEBUG log than the current combined "length N invalid or overruns record end" string.

if offset_plus_two > end:
    raise IncomingDecodeError(...)
...
if bitmap_length == 0 or bitmap_length > 32 or bitmap_end > end:
    raise IncomingDecodeError(...)

Checklist

Input validation at packet boundary
Error path resets parser state
Cython .pxd kept in sync with .py
RFC citation for protocol-affecting change
All new branches covered by tests — warning ＃1
Tests assert observable behaviour, not implementation text
No resource leaks on the error path
Free-threading-safe (no new module-level mutable state)

Summary

The fix is correct and well-scoped: the three guards (window header fits, bitmap_length in 1..32 per RFC 4034 §4.1.2, bitmap end within record) together prevent the offset corruption described, and routing through IncomingDecodeError correctly hands off to _read_others' offset reset. The .pxd update for bitmap_end keeps the Cython compare unsigned end-to-end, matching the existing convention in _protocol/incoming.pxd. The RFC-citing comment is appropriate per CLAUDE.md guidance. The only blocker is test coverage: the truncated-window-header branch and the valid-length-but-overruns branch aren't exercised by the two new tests, which is what @bdraco's coverage is incomplete comment is pointing at. Add the two missing cases and this is ready.

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bluetoothbot · 2026-05-18T08:13:56Z

@bdraco: coverage is incomplete

Confirmed — Codecov's 50% / 1 Missing and 1 partial maps to two specific branches in the new guards:

offset_plus_two > end (the truncated-window-header check at the top of the loop) — no test crafts a NSEC short enough for this. A rdlength=1 NSEC (just the window-number byte, no length byte) followed by a PTR would exercise it.
bitmap_end > end with bitmap_length in 1..32 — test_nsec_bitmap_length_overruns_record_end uses bitmap_length=255, which short-circuits on bitmap_length > 32, so the realistic attacker shape (a believable length=8 bitmap that overruns by a few bytes) never hits the third sub-condition. A second packet with e.g. rdlength=4, window header consuming 2 bytes, then length=8 with only 0 bytes of remaining RDATA would isolate this branch.

Adding those two cases gets the patch back to 100% and also gives each failure mode a distinct error message in the logs.

A malicious NSEC bitmap_length that overruns the declared record end left self.offset pointing past the next record's header, corrupting every subsequent record in the same packet. The forgiving Python slice also let the parser synthesize attacker-controlled rdtypes from adjacent bytes and cache them on the resulting DNSNsec. Validate the window header is in-record, reject bitmap_length 0 or > 32 (RFC 4034 §4.1.2), and raise IncomingDecodeError so _read_others resets the offset to the NSEC's declared end.

bluetoothbot · 2026-05-18T08:14:49Z

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/fix-issue-1725 was rebased onto master and review feedback was applied.

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3 files changed, 69 insertions(+)

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