Implement parity oracle for challenge 46

src/set6.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::bytes::Bytes;
+use crate::bytes_base64::BytesBase64;
 use crate::dsa;
 use crate::rsa;
 use num_bigint::BigUint;
@@ -340,6 +341,51 @@ pub fn challenge45() -> Option<()> {
 }
 
 pub fn challenge46() -> Option<()> {
-    println!("[xxxx] Challenge 46: RSA parity oracle");
+    let m_b64 = BytesBase64::from_base64("VGhhdCdzIHdoeSBJIGZvdW5kIHlvdSBkb24ndCBwbGF5IGFyb3VuZCB3aXRoIHRoZSBGdW5reSBDb2xkIE1lZGluYQ").ok()?;
-    None
+    let m = m_b64.to_bytes();
+    let (public_key, private_key) = rsa::rsa_gen_keys().ok()?;
+    let cipher = rsa::rsa_encrypt_str(&m.to_utf8(), &public_key).ok()?;
+    assert!(
+        rsa::rsa_decrypt_str(&cipher, &private_key).ok()? == m.to_utf8(),
+        "rsa does not work"
+    );
+
+    let parity_oracle = |cipher: &BigNum| -> bool {
+        // Return true or false based on whether the decrypted plaintext was even or odd.
+        let cleartext: BigNum = rsa::rsa_decrypt(cipher, &private_key).unwrap();
+        !cleartext.is_bit_set(0)
+    };
+
+    // a == 97 => odd
+    let c = rsa::rsa_encrypt_str("string_a", &public_key).ok()?;
+    assert!(!parity_oracle(&c), "parity oracle doesn't work");
+
+    // a == 98 => even
+    let c = rsa::rsa_encrypt_str("string_b", &public_key).ok()?;
+    assert!(parity_oracle(&c), "parity oracle doesn't work");
+
+    // RSA ciphertexts are just numbers. You can do trivial math on them. You can for instance
+    // multiply a ciphertext by the RSA-encryption of another number; the corresponding plaintext
+    // will be the product of those two numbers.  If you double a ciphertext (multiply it by
+    // (2**e)%n), the resulting plaintext will (obviously) be either even or odd.  If the plaintext
+    // after doubling is even, doubling the plaintext didn't wrap the modulus --- the modulus is a
+    // prime number. That means the plaintext is less than half the modulus.
+
+    // - You can repeatedly apply this heuristic, once per bit of the message, checking your oracle
+    //   function each time.
+    // - Your decryption function starts with bounds for the plaintext of [0,n].
+    // - Each iteration of the decryption cuts the bounds in half; either the upper bound is reduced
+    //   by half, or the lower bound is.
+    // - After log2(n) iterations, you have the decryption of the message.
+
+    // Print the upper bound of the message as a string at each iteration; you'll see the message
+    // decrypt "hollywood style".
+
+    let attack = |cipher: &BigNum| -> Bytes { Bytes(vec![]) };
+
+    let p = attack(&cipher);
+    assert!(m == p, "RSA parity attack did not work");
+
+    println!("[okay] Challenge 46: RSA parity oracle");
+    Some(())
 }