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wireproto: check permissions when executing "batch" command (BC) (SEC)

For as long as the "batch" command has existed (introduced by
bd88561afb4b and first released as part of Mercurial 1.9), that command
(like most wire commands introduced after 2008) lacked an entry in
the hgweb permissions table. And since we don't verify permissions if
an entry is missing from the permissions table, this meant that
executing a command via "batch" would bypass all permissions
checks.

The security implications are significant: a Mercurial HTTP server
would allow writes via "batch" wire protocol commands as long as
the HTTP request were processed by Mercurial and the process running
the Mercurial HTTP server had write access to the repository. The
Mercurial defaults of servers being read-only and the various web.*
config options to define access control were bypassed.

In addition, "batch" could be used to exfiltrate data from servers
that were configured to not allow read access.

Both forms of permissions bypass could be mitigated to some extent
by using HTTP authentication. This would prevent HTTP requests from
hitting Mercurial's server logic. However, any authenticated request
would still be able to bypass permissions checks via "batch" commands.

The easiest exploit was to send "pushkey" commands via "batch" and
modify the state of bookmarks, phases, and obsolescence markers.
However, I suspect a well-crafted HTTP request could trick the server
into running the "unbundle" wire protocol command, effectively
performing a full `hg push` to create new changesets on the remote.

This commit plugs this gaping security hole by having the "batch"
command perform permissions checking on each sub-command that is
being batched. We do this by threading a permissions checking
callable all the way to the protocol handler. The threading is a
bit hacky from a code perspective. But it preserves API compatibility,
which is the proper thing to do on the stable branch.

One of the subtle things we do is assume that a command with an
undefined permission is a "push" command. This is the safest thing to
do from a security perspective: we don't want to take chances that
a command could perform a write even though the server is configured
to not allow writes.

As the test changes demonstrate, it is no longer possible to bypass
permissions via the "batch" wire protocol command.

.. bc::

   The "batch" wire protocol command now enforces permissions of
   each invoked sub-command. Wire protocol commands must define
   their operation type or the "batch" command will assume they
   can write data and will prevent their execution on HTTP servers
   unless the HTTP request method is POST, the server is configured
   to allow pushes, and the (possibly authenticated) HTTP user is
   authorized to perform a push.

  $ hg init t
  $ cd t
  $ echo 1 > foo
  $ hg ci -Am1 # 0
  adding foo
  $ hg branch branchA
  marked working directory as branch branchA
  (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
  $ echo a1 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma1 # 1

  $ cd ..
  $ hg init tt
  $ cd tt
  $ hg pull ../t
  pulling from ../t
  requesting all changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files
  new changesets 495a0ec48aaf:50e089d141b7
  (run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
  $ hg up branchA
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cd ../t
  $ echo a2 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma2 # 2

Create branch B:

  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg branch branchB
  marked working directory as branch branchB
  $ echo b1 > foo
  $ hg ci -mb1 # 3

  $ cd ../tt

A new branch is there

  $ hg pull -u ../t
  pulling from ../t
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 9f878dea0b96:5be59ce5067b
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

Develop both branches:

  $ cd ../t
  $ hg up branchA
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a3 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma3 # 4
  $ hg up branchB
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b2 > foo
  $ hg ci -mb2 # 5

  $ cd ../tt

Should succeed, no new heads:

  $ hg pull -u ../t
  pulling from ../t
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files
  new changesets 7c8fe7e20c32:453e93fa00a5
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

Add a head on other branch:

  $ cd ../t
  $ hg up branchA
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a4 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma4 # 6
  $ hg up branchB
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b3.1 > foo
  $ hg ci -m b3.1 # 7
  $ hg up 5
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b3.2 > foo
  $ hg ci -m b3.2 # 8
  created new head

  $ cd ../tt

Should succeed because there is only one head on our branch:

  $ hg pull -u ../t
  pulling from ../t
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets da3a8a0161c6:b61cab8fe4e8
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cd ../t
  $ hg up -C branchA
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a5.1 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma5.1 # 9
  $ hg up 6
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a5.2 > foo
  $ hg ci -ma5.2 # 10
  created new head
  $ hg up 7
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b4.1 > foo
  $ hg ci -m b4.1 # 11
  $ hg up -C 8
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b4.2 > foo
  $ hg ci -m b4.2 # 12

  $ cd ../tt

  $ hg pull -u ../t
  pulling from ../t
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 4 changesets with 4 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 0c4d148ae29e:ecfc3f4a6fd9
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  updated to "d740e1a584e7: a5.2"
  1 other heads for branch "branchA"

Make changes on new branch on tt

  $ hg up 6
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg branch branchC
  marked working directory as branch branchC
  $ echo b1 > bar
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on branchC on tt"
  adding bar

Make changes on default branch on t

  $ cd ../t
  $ hg up -C default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a1 > bar
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on default on t"
  adding bar

Pull branchC from tt

  $ hg pull ../tt
  pulling from ../tt
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 7d8ffa4c0b22
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads)

Make changes on default and branchC on tt

  $ cd ../tt
  $ hg pull ../t
  pulling from ../t
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 2b94b54b6b5f
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads)
  $ hg up -C default
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a1 > bar1
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on default on tt"
  adding bar1
  $ hg up branchC
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a1 > bar2
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on branchC on tt"
  adding bar2

Make changes on default and branchC on t

  $ cd ../t
  $ hg up default
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a1 > bar3
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on default on t"
  adding bar3
  $ hg up branchC
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo a1 > bar4
  $ hg ci -Am "commit on branchC on tt"
  adding bar4

Pull from tt

  $ hg pull ../tt
  pulling from ../tt
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files (+2 heads)
  new changesets eed40c14b407:e634733b0309
  (run 'hg heads .' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)

  $ cd ..