Ensure that HTML pages served from Synapse include headers to avoid e…

…mbedding.

synapse/app/homeserver.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     OptionsResource,
     RootOptionsRedirectResource,
     RootRedirect,
+    StaticResource,
 )
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.logging.context import LoggingContext
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ def _configure_named_resource(self, name, compress=False):
         if name in ["static", "client"]:
             resources.update(
                 {
-                    STATIC_PREFIX: File(
+                    STATIC_PREFIX: StaticResource(
                         os.path.join(os.path.dirname(synapse.__file__), "static")
                     )
                 }

synapse/handlers/auth.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 from synapse.api.ratelimiting import Ratelimiter
 from synapse.handlers.ui_auth import INTERACTIVE_AUTH_CHECKERS
 from synapse.handlers.ui_auth.checkers import UserInteractiveAuthChecker
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import finish_request, respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging.context import defer_to_thread
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
@@ -1055,13 +1055,8 @@ async def complete_sso_ui_auth(
         )
 
         # Render the HTML and return.
-        html_bytes = self._sso_auth_success_template.encode("utf-8")
-        request.setResponseCode(200)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
-
-        request.write(html_bytes)
-        finish_request(request)
+        html = self._sso_auth_success_template
+        respond_with_html(request, 200, html)
 
     async def complete_sso_login(
         self,
@@ -1081,13 +1076,7 @@ async def complete_sso_login(
         # flow.
         deactivated = await self.store.get_user_deactivated_status(registered_user_id)
         if deactivated:
-            html_bytes = self._sso_account_deactivated_template.encode("utf-8")
-
-            request.setResponseCode(403)
-            request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-            request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
-            request.write(html_bytes)
-            finish_request(request)
+            respond_with_html(request, 403, self._sso_account_deactivated_template)
             return
 
         self._complete_sso_login(registered_user_id, request, client_redirect_url)
@@ -1128,17 +1117,12 @@ def _complete_sso_login(
         # URL we redirect users to.
         redirect_url_no_params = client_redirect_url.split("?")[0]
 
-        html_bytes = self._sso_redirect_confirm_template.render(
+        html = self._sso_redirect_confirm_template.render(
             display_url=redirect_url_no_params,
             redirect_url=redirect_url,
             server_name=self._server_name,
-        ).encode("utf-8")
-
-        request.setResponseCode(200)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
-        request.write(html_bytes)
-        finish_request(request)
+        )
+        respond_with_html(request, 200, html)
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_query_param_to_url(url: str, param_name: str, param: Any):

synapse/handlers/oidc_handler.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 from twisted.web.client import readBody
 
 from synapse.config import ConfigError
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.push.mailer import load_jinja2_templates
@@ -144,15 +144,10 @@ def _render_error(
                 access_denied.
             error_description: A human-readable description of the error.
         """
-        html_bytes = self._error_template.render(
+        html = self._error_template.render(
             error=error, error_description=error_description
-        ).encode("utf-8")
-
-        request.setResponseCode(400)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%i" % len(html_bytes))
-        request.write(html_bytes)
-        finish_request(request)
+        )
+        respond_with_html(request, 400, html)
 
     def _validate_metadata(self):
         """Verifies the provider metadata.

synapse/http/server.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from twisted.python import failure
 from twisted.web import resource
 from twisted.web.server import NOT_DONE_YET, Request
-from twisted.web.static import NoRangeStaticProducer
+from twisted.web.static import File, NoRangeStaticProducer
 from twisted.web.util import redirectTo
 
 import synapse.events
@@ -202,12 +202,7 @@ def return_html_error(
     else:
         body = error_template.render(code=code, msg=msg)
 
-    body_bytes = body.encode("utf-8")
-    request.setResponseCode(code)
-    request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-    request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%i" % (len(body_bytes),))
-    request.write(body_bytes)
-    finish_request(request)
+    respond_with_html(request, code, body)
 
 
 def wrap_async_request_handler(h):
@@ -420,6 +415,18 @@ def render(self, request):
         return NOT_DONE_YET
 
 
+class StaticResource(File):
+    """
+    A resource that represents a plain non-interpreted file or directory.
+
+    Differs from the File resource by adding clickjacking protection.
+    """
+
+    def render_GET(self, request: Request):
+        set_clickjacking_protection_headers(request)
+        return super().render_GET(request)
+
+
 def _options_handler(request):
     """Request handler for OPTIONS requests
 
@@ -530,7 +537,7 @@ def respond_with_json_bytes(
         code (int): The HTTP response code.
         json_bytes (bytes): The json bytes to use as the response body.
         send_cors (bool): Whether to send Cross-Origin Resource Sharing headers
-            http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/
+            https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-cors-protocol
     Returns:
         twisted.web.server.NOT_DONE_YET"""
 
@@ -568,6 +575,59 @@ def set_cors_headers(request):
     )
 
 
+def respond_with_html(request: Request, code: int, html: str):
+    """
+    Wraps `respond_with_html_bytes` by first encoding HTML from a str to UTF-8 bytes.
+    """
+    respond_with_html_bytes(request, code, html.encode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def respond_with_html_bytes(request: Request, code: int, html_bytes: bytes):
+    """
+    Sends HTML (encoded as UTF-8 bytes) as the response to the given request.
+
+    Note that this adds clickjacking protection headers and finishes the request.
+
+    Args:
+        request: The http request to respond to.
+        code: The HTTP response code.
+        html_bytes: The HTML bytes to use as the response body.
+    """
+    # could alternatively use request.notifyFinish() and flip a flag when
+    # the Deferred fires, but since the flag is RIGHT THERE it seems like
+    # a waste.
+    if request._disconnected:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Not sending response to request %s, already disconnected.", request
+        )
+        return
+
+    request.setResponseCode(code)
+    request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
+    request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
+
+    # Ensure this content cannot be embedded.
+    set_clickjacking_protection_headers(request)
+
+    request.write(html_bytes)
+    finish_request(request)
+
+
+def set_clickjacking_protection_headers(request: Request):
+    """
+    Set headers to guard against clickjacking of embedded content.
+
+    This sets the X-Frame-Options and Content-Security-Policy headers which instructs
+    browsers to not allow the HTML of the response to be embedded onto another
+    page.
+
+    Args:
+        request: The http request to add the headers to.
+    """
+    request.setHeader(b"X-Frame-Options", b"DENY")
+    request.setHeader(b"Content-Security-Policy", b"frame-ancestors 'none';")
+
+
 def finish_request(request):
     """ Finish writing the response to the request.
 

synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, SynapseError
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import respond_with_html_bytes
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
     assert_params_in_dict,
@@ -177,13 +177,9 @@ async def on_GET(self, request):
 
         self.notifier.on_new_replication_data()
 
-        request.setResponseCode(200)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(
-            b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(PushersRemoveRestServlet.SUCCESS_HTML),)
+        respond_with_html_bytes(
+            request, 200, PushersRemoveRestServlet.SUCCESS_HTML,
         )
-        request.write(PushersRemoveRestServlet.SUCCESS_HTML)
-        finish_request(request)
         return None
 
     def on_OPTIONS(self, _):

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
 from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import finish_request, respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
     assert_params_in_dict,
@@ -199,16 +199,15 @@ async def on_GET(self, request, medium):
 
             # Otherwise show the success template
             html = self.config.email_password_reset_template_success_html
-            request.setResponseCode(200)
+            status_code = 200
         except ThreepidValidationError as e:
-            request.setResponseCode(e.code)
+            status_code = e.code
 
             # Show a failure page with a reason
             template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
             html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
 
-        request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, status_code, html)
 
 
 class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
@@ -571,16 +570,15 @@ async def on_GET(self, request):
 
             # Otherwise show the success template
             html = self.config.email_add_threepid_template_success_html_content
-            request.setResponseCode(200)
+            status_code = 200
         except ThreepidValidationError as e:
-            request.setResponseCode(e.code)
+            status_code = e.code
 
             # Show a failure page with a reason
             template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
             html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
 
-        request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, status_code, html)
 
 
 class AddThreepidMsisdnSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account_validity.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, SynapseError
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet
 
 from ._base import client_patterns
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 
 class AccountValidityRenewServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account_validity/renew$")
-    SUCCESS_HTML = (
-        b"<html><body>Your account has been successfully renewed.</body><html>"
-    )
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         """
@@ -59,11 +56,7 @@ async def on_GET(self, request):
             status_code = 404
             response = self.failure_html
 
-        request.setResponseCode(status_code)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(response),))
-        request.write(response.encode("utf8"))
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, status_code, response)
 
 
 class AccountValiditySendMailServlet(RestServlet):

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.api.urls import CLIENT_API_PREFIX
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet, parse_string
 
 from ._base import client_patterns
@@ -200,13 +200,7 @@ async def on_GET(self, request, stagetype):
             raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown auth stage type")
 
         # Render the HTML and return.
-        html_bytes = html.encode("utf8")
-        request.setResponseCode(200)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
-
-        request.write(html_bytes)
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, 200, html)
         return None
 
     async def on_POST(self, request, stagetype):
@@ -263,13 +257,7 @@ async def on_POST(self, request, stagetype):
             raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown auth stage type")
 
         # Render the HTML and return.
-        html_bytes = html.encode("utf8")
-        request.setResponseCode(200)
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
-
-        request.write(html_bytes)
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, 200, html)
         return None
 
     def on_OPTIONS(self, _):

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 from synapse.config.registration import RegistrationConfig
 from synapse.config.server import is_threepid_reserved
 from synapse.handlers.auth import AuthHandler
-from synapse.http.server import finish_request
+from synapse.http.server import finish_request, respond_with_html
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
     assert_params_in_dict,
@@ -306,17 +306,15 @@ async def on_GET(self, request, medium):
 
             # Otherwise show the success template
             html = self.config.email_registration_template_success_html_content
-
-            request.setResponseCode(200)
+            status_code = 200
         except ThreepidValidationError as e:
-            request.setResponseCode(e.code)
+            status_code = e.code
 
             # Show a failure page with a reason
             template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
             html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
 
-        request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
-        finish_request(request)
+        respond_with_html(request, status_code, html)
 
 
 class UsernameAvailabilityRestServlet(RestServlet):