gateway: Reject endpoint pointing to local gateway (#4310)

Show an error when the user enters an endpoint url pointing
to the gateway server itself.

cmd/endpoint.go

@@ -127,14 +127,10 @@ func NewEndpoint(arg string) (Endpoint, error) {
 			return Endpoint{}, fmt.Errorf("empty or root path is not supported in URL endpoint")
 		}
 
-		// Get IPv4 address of the host.
+		isLocal, err = isLocalHost(host)
-		hostIPs, err := getHostIP4(host)
 		if err != nil {
 			return Endpoint{}, err
 		}
-
-		// If intersection of two IP sets is not empty, then the host is local host.
-		isLocal = !localIP4.Intersection(hostIPs).IsEmpty()
 	} else {
 		u = &url.URL{Path: path.Clean(arg)}
 		isLocal = true

cmd/gateway-main.go

@@ -185,11 +185,24 @@ func gatewayMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// First argument is selected backend type.
-	backendType := ctx.Args().First()
+	backendType := ctx.Args().Get(0)
+	// Second argument is the endpoint address (optional)
+	endpointAddr := ctx.Args().Get(1)
+	// Third argument is the address flag
+	serverAddr := ctx.String("address")
+
+	if endpointAddr != "" {
+		// Reject the endpoint if it points to the gateway handler itself.
+		sameTarget, err := sameLocalAddrs(endpointAddr, serverAddr)
+		fatalIf(err, "Unable to compare server and endpoint addresses.")
+		if sameTarget {
+			fatalIf(errors.New("endpoint points to the local gateway"), "Endpoint url is not allowed")
+		}
+	}
 
 	// Second argument is endpoint.	If no endpoint is specified then the
 	// gateway implementation should use a default setting.
-	endPoint, secure, err := parseGatewayEndpoint(ctx.Args().Get(1))
+	endPoint, secure, err := parseGatewayEndpoint(endpointAddr)
 	fatalIf(err, "Unable to parse endpoint")
 
 	// Create certs path for SSL configuration.
@@ -223,7 +236,7 @@ func gatewayMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		setAuthHandler,
 	}
 
-	apiServer := NewServerMux(ctx.String("address"), registerHandlers(router, handlerFns...))
+	apiServer := NewServerMux(serverAddr, registerHandlers(router, handlerFns...))
 
 	_, _, globalIsSSL, err = getSSLConfig()
 	fatalIf(err, "Invalid SSL key file")

cmd/net.go

@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/pkg/set"
@@ -186,6 +189,121 @@ func checkPortAvailability(port string) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// extractHostPort - extracts host/port from many address formats
+// such as, ":9000", "localhost:9000", "http://localhost:9000/"
+func extractHostPort(hostAddr string) (string, string, error) {
+	var addr, scheme string
+
+	if hostAddr == "" {
+		return "", "", errors.New("unable to process empty address")
+	}
+
+	// Parse address to extract host and scheme field
+	u, err := url.Parse(hostAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Ignore scheme not present error
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing protocol scheme") {
+			return "", "", err
+		}
+	} else {
+		addr = u.Host
+		scheme = u.Scheme
+	}
+
+	// Use the given parameter again if url.Parse()
+	// didn't return any useful result.
+	if addr == "" {
+		addr = hostAddr
+		scheme = "http"
+	}
+
+	// At this point, addr can be one of the following form:
+	//	":9000"
+	//	"localhost:9000"
+	//	"localhost" <- in this case, we check for scheme
+
+	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing port in address") {
+			return "", "", err
+		}
+
+		host = addr
+
+		switch scheme {
+		case "https":
+			port = "443"
+		case "http":
+			port = "80"
+		default:
+			return "", "", errors.New("unable to guess port from scheme")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return host, port, nil
+}
+
+// isLocalHost - checks if the given parameter
+// correspond to one of the local IP of the
+// current machine
+func isLocalHost(host string) (bool, error) {
+	hostIPs, err := getHostIP4(host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// If intersection of two IP sets is not empty, then the host is local host.
+	isLocal := !localIP4.Intersection(hostIPs).IsEmpty()
+	return isLocal, nil
+}
+
+// sameLocalAddrs - returns true if two addresses, even with different
+// formats, point to the same machine, e.g:
+//   ':9000' and 'http://localhost:9000/' will return true
+func sameLocalAddrs(addr1, addr2 string) (bool, error) {
+
+	// Extract host & port from given parameters
+	host1, port1, err := extractHostPort(addr1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	host2, port2, err := extractHostPort(addr2)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	var addr1Local, addr2Local bool
+
+	if host1 == "" {
+		// If empty host means it is localhost
+		addr1Local = true
+	} else {
+		// Host not empty, check if it is local
+		if addr1Local, err = isLocalHost(host1); err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if host2 == "" {
+		// If empty host means it is localhost
+		addr2Local = true
+	} else {
+		// Host not empty, check if it is local
+		if addr2Local, err = isLocalHost(host2); err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If both of addresses point to the same machine, check if
+	// have the same port
+	if addr1Local && addr2Local {
+		if port1 == port2 {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 // CheckLocalServerAddr - checks if serverAddr is valid and local host.
 func CheckLocalServerAddr(serverAddr string) error {
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(serverAddr)
@@ -202,12 +320,11 @@ func CheckLocalServerAddr(serverAddr string) error {
 	}
 
 	if host != "" {
-		hostIPs, err := getHostIP4(host)
+		isLocalHost, err := isLocalHost(host)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
+		if !isLocalHost {
-		if localIP4.Intersection(hostIPs).IsEmpty() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("host in server address should be this server")
 		}
 	}

cmd/net_test.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
@@ -240,3 +241,77 @@ func TestCheckLocalServerAddr(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestExtractHostPort(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		addr        string
+		host        string
+		port        string
+		expectedErr error
+	}{
+		{"", "", "", errors.New("unable to process empty address")},
+		{"localhost", "localhost", "80", nil},
+		{"localhost:9000", "localhost", "9000", nil},
+		{"http://:9000/", "", "9000", nil},
+		{"http://8.8.8.8:9000/", "8.8.8.8", "9000", nil},
+		{"https://facebook.com:9000/", "facebook.com", "9000", nil},
+	}
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		host, port, err := extractHostPort(testCase.addr)
+		if testCase.expectedErr == nil {
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: should succeed but failed with err: %v", i+1, err)
+			}
+			if host != testCase.host {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: expected: %v, found: %v", i+1, testCase.host, host)
+			}
+			if port != testCase.port {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: expected: %v, found: %v", i+1, testCase.port, port)
+			}
+
+		}
+		if testCase.expectedErr != nil {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d:, should fail but succeeded.", i+1)
+			}
+			if testCase.expectedErr.Error() != err.Error() {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed with different error, expected: '%v', found:'%v'.", i+1, testCase.expectedErr, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSameLocalAddrs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		addr1       string
+		addr2       string
+		sameAddr    bool
+		expectedErr error
+	}{
+		{"", "", false, errors.New("unable to process empty address")},
+		{":9000", ":9000", true, nil},
+		{"localhost:9000", ":9000", true, nil},
+		{"localhost:9000", "http://localhost:9000", true, nil},
+		{"8.8.8.8:9000", "http://localhost:9000", false, nil},
+	}
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		sameAddr, err := sameLocalAddrs(testCase.addr1, testCase.addr2)
+		if testCase.expectedErr != nil && err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Test %d: should fail but succeeded", i+1)
+		}
+		if testCase.expectedErr == nil && err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Test %d: should succeed but failed with %v", i+1, err)
+		}
+		if err == nil {
+			if sameAddr != testCase.sameAddr {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: expected: %v, found: %v", i+1, testCase.sameAddr, sameAddr)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err.Error() != testCase.expectedErr.Error() {
+				t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed with different error, expected: '%v', found:'%v'.", i+1, testCase.expectedErr, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}