Tickets :: Comment on [#7754] smime.php extractSignedContents hangs on larger mails (openssl process never returns)

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Comment	> The function function extractSignedContents($data, $sslpath) in > smime.php used by imp to get the mail content without signature, uses > piped input for openssl communication. > > > > This is a bad approach and not suggested by the openssl mailling > list, because depending on the system it will lead to side effects. > For small messages ( <100kb) it will work fine, but for larger the > function call never returns because a simply ps aux reveals openssl > never returns. > > > > Instead of piping the message to the openssl input, temporary file > input and output should be used like all other functions already > implemented in the smime.php libary. > > > > The following corrected function will dont have any issues on any > system, plus its a lot faster then piping, also the php mem size can > be lower then for piping input: > > > > /** > > * Extract the contents from signed S/MIME data. > > * > > * @param string $data The signed S/MIME data. > > * @param string $sslpath The path to the OpenSSL binary. > > * > > * @return string The contents embedded in the signed data. > > * Returns PEAR_Error on error. > > / > > function extractSignedContents($data, $sslpath) > > { > > // dont use pipes ! openssl will hang > > / Check for availability of OpenSSL PHP extension. / > > $openssl = $this->checkForOpenSSL(); > > if (is_a($openssl, 'PEAR_Error')) { > > return $openssl; > > } > > > > $input = $this->_createTempFile('horde-smime'); > > $output = $this->_createTempFile('horde-smime'); > > > > / Write text to file */ > > $fp = fopen($input, 'w+'); > > fwrite($fp, $data); > > fclose($fp); > > > > exec($sslpath . ' smime -verify -noverify -nochain -in ' > .$input. ' -out ' .$output); > > > > $return = file_get_contents($output); > > return $return; > > } > > > > > > This is a critical issue and should be fixed in the next release. > > > > Thanks
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