mox/subjectpass/subjectpass.go

// Package subjectpass implements a mechanism for reject an incoming message with a challenge to include a token in a next delivery attempt.
package subjectpass

import (
	"crypto/hmac"
	"crypto/sha256"
	"encoding/base64"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"

	"github.com/mjl-/mox/dns"
	"github.com/mjl-/mox/message"
	"github.com/mjl-/mox/mlog"
	"github.com/mjl-/mox/smtp"
)

var log = mlog.New("subjectpass")

var (
	metricGenerate = promauto.NewCounter(
		prometheus.CounterOpts{
			Name: "mox_subjectpass_generate_total",
			Help: "Number of generated subjectpass challenges.",
		},
	)
	metricVerify = promauto.NewCounterVec(
		prometheus.CounterOpts{
			Name: "mox_subjectpass_verify_total",
			Help: "Number of subjectpass verifications.",
		},
		[]string{
			"result", // ok, fail
		},
	)
)

var (
	ErrMessage = errors.New("subjectpass: malformed message")
	ErrAbsent  = errors.New("subjectpass: no token found")
	ErrFrom    = errors.New("subjectpass: bad From")
	ErrInvalid = errors.New("subjectpass: malformed token")
	ErrVerify  = errors.New("subjectpass: verification failed")
	ErrExpired = errors.New("subjectpass: token expired")
)

var Explanation = "Your message resembles spam. If your email is legitimate, please send it again with the following added to the email message subject: "

// Generate generates a token that is valid for "mailFrom", starting from "tm"
// and signed with "key".
// The token is of the form: (pass:<signeddata>)
func Generate(mailFrom smtp.Address, key []byte, tm time.Time) string {
	metricGenerate.Inc()
	log.Debug("subjectpass generate", mlog.Field("mailfrom", mailFrom))

	// We discard the lower 8 bits of the time, we can do with less precision.
	t := tm.Unix()
	buf := []byte{
		0 | (byte(t>>32) & 0x0f), // 4 bits version, 4 bits time
		byte(t>>24) & 0xff,
		byte(t>>16) & 0xff,
		byte(t>>8) & 0xff,
	}
	mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, key)
	mac.Write(buf)
	mac.Write([]byte(mailFrom.String()))
	h := mac.Sum(nil)[:12]
	buf = append(buf, h...)
	return "(pass:" + base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(buf) + ")"
}

// Verify parses "message" and checks if it includes a subjectpass token in its
// Subject header that is still valid (within "period") and signed with "key".
func Verify(r io.ReaderAt, key []byte, period time.Duration) (rerr error) {
	var token string

	defer func() {
		result := "fail"
		if rerr == nil {
			result = "ok"
		}
		metricVerify.WithLabelValues(result).Inc()

		log.Debugx("subjectpass verify result", rerr, mlog.Field("token", token), mlog.Field("period", period))
	}()

	p, err := message.Parse(r)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: parse message: %s", ErrMessage, err)
	}
	header, err := p.Header()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: parse message headers: %s", ErrMessage, err)
	}
	subject := header.Get("Subject")
	if subject == "" {
		log.Info("no subject header")
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no subject header", ErrAbsent)
	}
	t := strings.SplitN(subject, "(pass:", 2)
	if len(t) != 2 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no token in subject", ErrAbsent)
	}
	t = strings.SplitN(t[1], ")", 2)
	if len(t) != 2 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no token in subject (2)", ErrAbsent)
	}
	token = t[0]

	if len(p.Envelope.From) != 1 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: need 1 from address, got %d", ErrFrom, len(p.Envelope.From))
	}
	from := p.Envelope.From[0]
	d, err := dns.ParseDomain(from.Host)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: from address with bad domain: %v", ErrFrom, err)
	}
	addr := smtp.Address{Localpart: smtp.Localpart(from.User), Domain: d}.Pack(true)

	buf, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(token)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: parsing base64: %s", ErrInvalid, err)
	}

	if len(buf) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: empty pass token", ErrInvalid)
	}

	version := buf[0] >> 4
	if version != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: unknown version %d", ErrInvalid, version)
	}
	if len(buf) != 4+12 {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: bad length of pass token, %d", ErrInvalid, len(buf))
	}
	mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, key)
	mac.Write(buf[:4])
	mac.Write([]byte(addr))
	h := mac.Sum(nil)[:12]
	if !hmac.Equal(buf[4:], h) {
		return ErrVerify
	}

	tsign := time.Unix(int64(buf[0]&0x0f)<<32|int64(buf[1])<<24|int64(buf[2])<<16|int64(buf[3])<<8, 0)
	if time.Since(tsign) > period {
		return fmt.Errorf("%w: pass token expired, signed at %s, period %s", ErrExpired, tsign, period)
	}

	return nil
}