[bug#62678] [PATCH] services: nginx: Harden php-location settings.

[Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>]

Incorporate advice from [2], which mitigates httpoxy[1] vulnerability and
disallows passing non-php files to the PHP backend.

[1]: <https://httpoxy.org/>
[2]: <https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/phpfcgi/>,
note 4.

* gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-php-location): Only pass existing php files to
backend. Mitigate httpoxy vulnerability.
---

Tested with: make check-system TESTS="nginx php-fpm"

 gnu/services/web.scm | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/services/web.scm b/gnu/services/web.scm
index d56e893527..f5ed027bb4 100644
--- a/gnu/services/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/web.scm
@@ -1123,6 +1123,10 @@ (define* (nginx-php-location
    (uri "~ \\.php$")
    (body (list
           "fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(/.+)$;"
+          ;; Mitigate https://httpoxy.org/ vulnerabilities
+          "fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY \"\";"
+          ;; Only pass existing php files to the backend.
+          "if (!-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) { return 404; }"
           (string-append "fastcgi_pass unix:" socket ";")
           "fastcgi_index index.php;"
           (list "include " nginx-package "/share/nginx/conf/fastcgi.conf;")))))

base-commit: 6311493d7a6271bfbc51f4693857f9a12fe9965d
-- 
2.39.2