require 'cgi'
require 'cgi/session'
require 'openssl' # to generate the HMAC message digest
# This cookie-based session store is the Rails default. Sessions typically
# contain at most a user_id and flash message; both fit within the 4K cookie
# size limit. Cookie-based sessions are dramatically faster than the
# alternatives.
#
# If you have more than 4K of session data or don't want your data to be
# visible to the user, pick another session store.
#
# CookieOverflow is raised if you attempt to store more than 4K of data.
# TamperedWithCookie is raised if the data integrity check fails.
#
# A message digest is included with the cookie to ensure data integrity:
# a user cannot alter his +user_id+ without knowing the secret key included in
# the hash. New apps are generated with a pregenerated secret in
# config/environment.rb. Set your own for old apps you're upgrading.
#
# Session options:
#
# * <tt>:secret</tt>: An application-wide key string or block returning a string
# called per generated digest. The block is called with the CGI::Session
# instance as an argument. It's important that the secret is not vulnerable to
# a dictionary attack. Therefore, you should choose a secret consisting of
# random numbers and letters and more than 30 characters. Examples:
#
# :secret => '449fe2e7daee471bffae2fd8dc02313d'
# :secret => Proc.new { User.current_user.secret_key }
#
# * <tt>:digest</tt>: The message digest algorithm used to verify session
# integrity defaults to 'SHA1' but may be any digest provided by OpenSSL,
# such as 'MD5', 'RIPEMD160', 'SHA256', etc.
#
# To generate a secret key for an existing application, run
# "rake secret" and set the key in config/environment.rb.
#
# Note that changing digest or secret invalidates all existing sessions!
class CGI::Session::CookieStore
# Cookies can typically store 4096 bytes.
MAX = 4096
SECRET_MIN_LENGTH = 30 # characters
# Raised when storing more than 4K of session data.
class CookieOverflow < StandardError; end
# Raised when the cookie fails its integrity check.
class TamperedWithCookie < StandardError; end
# Called from CGI::Session only.
def initialize(session, options = {})
# The session_key option is required.
if options['session_key'].blank?
raise ArgumentError, 'A session_key is required to write a cookie containing the session data. Use config.action_controller.session = { :session_key => "_myapp_session", :secret => "some secret phrase" } in config/environment.rb'
end
# The secret option is required.
ensure_secret_secure(options['secret'])
# Keep the session and its secret on hand so we can read and write cookies.
@session, @secret = session, options['secret']
# Message digest defaults to SHA1.
@digest = options['digest'] || 'SHA1'
# Default cookie options derived from session settings.
@cookie_options = {
'name' => options['session_key'],
'path' => options['session_path'],
'domain' => options['session_domain'],
'expires' => options['session_expires'],
'secure' => options['session_secure'],
'http_only' => options['session_http_only']
}
# Set no_hidden and no_cookies since the session id is unused and we
# set our own data cookie.
options['no_hidden'] = true
options['no_cookies'] = true
end
# To prevent users from using something insecure like "Password" we make sure that the
# secret they've provided is at least 30 characters in length.
def ensure_secret_secure(secret)
# There's no way we can do this check if they've provided a proc for the
# secret.
return true if secret.is_a?(Proc)
if secret.blank?
raise ArgumentError, %Q{A secret is required to generate an integrity hash for cookie session data. Use config.action_controller.session = { :session_key => "_myapp_session", :secret => "some secret phrase of at least #{SECRET_MIN_LENGTH} characters" } in config/environment.rb}
end
if secret.length < SECRET_MIN_LENGTH
raise ArgumentError, %Q{Secret should be something secure, like "#{CGI::Session.generate_unique_id}". The value you provided, "#{secret}", is shorter than the minimum length of #{SECRET_MIN_LENGTH} characters}
end
end
# Restore session data from the cookie.
def restore
@original = read_cookie
@data = unmarshal(@original) || {}
end
# Wait until close to write the session data cookie.
def update; end
# Write the session data cookie if it was loaded and has changed.
def close
if defined?(@data) && !@data.blank?
updated = marshal(@data)
raise CookieOverflow if updated.size > MAX
write_cookie('value' => updated) unless updated == @original
end
end
# Delete the session data by setting an expired cookie with no data.
def delete
@data = nil
clear_old_cookie_value
write_cookie('value' => nil, 'expires' => 1.year.ago)
end
# Generate the HMAC keyed message digest. Uses SHA1 by default.
def generate_digest(data)
key = @secret.respond_to?(:call) ? @secret.call(@session) : @secret
OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new(@digest), key, data)
end
private
# Marshal a session hash into safe cookie data. Include an integrity hash.
def marshal(session)
data = ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64s(Marshal.dump(session))
"#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}"
end
# Unmarshal cookie data to a hash and verify its integrity.
def unmarshal(cookie)
if cookie
data, digest = cookie.split('--')
# Do two checks to transparently support old double-escaped data.
unless digest == generate_digest(data) || digest == generate_digest(data = CGI.unescape(data))
delete
raise TamperedWithCookie
end
Marshal.load(ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(data))
end
end
# Read the session data cookie.
def read_cookie
@session.cgi.cookies[@cookie_options['name']].first
end
# CGI likes to make you hack.
def write_cookie(options)
cookie = CGI::Cookie.new(@cookie_options.merge(options))
@session.cgi.send :instance_variable_set, '@output_cookies', [cookie]
end
# Clear cookie value so subsequent new_session doesn't reload old data.
def clear_old_cookie_value
@session.cgi.cookies[@cookie_options['name']].clear
end
end
