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✏️ Editing: libssh2-utility.lua

---
-- Utility functions for libssh2.
--
-- Provides helper class for the libssh2 binding that abstracts away
-- details of running remote commands.
--
-- @copyright Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
-- @class module
-- @name libssh2-utility

local stdnse = require "stdnse"
local table = require "table"

local libssh2 = stdnse.silent_require "libssh2"

SSHConnection = {}

---
-- Returns a new connection object.
--
-- @return A connection object.
function SSHConnection:new ()
  local o = {}
  setmetatable(o, self)
  self.__index = self
  return o
end

---
-- Sets up a connection with a server.
--
-- @param host A host to connect to.
-- @param port A port to connect to.
-- @return true on success or nil on failure
function SSHConnection:connect (host, port)
  self.session = libssh2.session_open(host, port.number)
  if self.session then
    return true
  end
end

---
-- Sets up a connection with a server. Call performed with pcall.
--
-- @param host A host to connect to.
-- @param port A port to connect to.
-- @return true on success or error message on failure
-- @return error code if error was triggered
function SSHConnection:connect_pcall (host, port)
  local status, err
  status, self.session, err = pcall(libssh2.session_open, host, port.number)
  return status, err
end

---
-- Runs a shell command on the remote host.
--
-- @param cmd A command to run.
-- @return The command output.
function SSHConnection:run_remote (cmd)
  if not (self.session and self.authenticated) then
    return false
  end
  local channel = libssh2.open_channel(self.session)
  libssh2.channel_exec(self.session, channel, cmd)
  libssh2.channel_send_eof(self.session, channel)
  local buff = {}
  local data = ""
  while not libssh2.channel_eof(channel) do
    data = libssh2.channel_read(self.session, channel)
    if data then
      table.insert(buff, data)
    end
  end
  return table.concat(buff)
end

---
-- Attempts to authenticate using provided credentials.
--
-- @param username A username to authenticate as.
-- @param password A password to authenticate as.
-- @return true on success or false on failure.
function SSHConnection:password_auth (username, password)
  if not self.session then
    return false
  end
  if libssh2.userauth_password(self.session, username, password) then
    self.authenticated = true
    return true
  else
    return false
  end
end

---
-- Attempts to authenticate using provided private key.
--
-- @param username A username to authenticate as.
-- @param privatekey_file A path to a privatekey.
-- @param passphrase A passphrase for the privatekey.
-- @return true on success or false on failure.
function SSHConnection:publickey_auth (username, privatekey_file, passphrase)
  if not self.session then
    return false
  end
  if libssh2.userauth_publickey(self.session, username, privatekey_file, passphrase or "") then
    self.authenticated = true
    return true
  else
    return false
  end
end

---
-- Closes connection.
function SSHConnection:disconnect ()
  if self.session then
    libssh2.session_close(self.session)
  end
end

---
-- Sends ssh timeout
--
-- @param ssh_timeout Time in miliseconds before considering the situation an error.
function SSHConnection:set_timeout (ssh_timeout)
  if self.session then
    libssh2.set_timeout(self.session, ssh_timeout)
  end
end

---
-- Attempt to retrieve a list of supported authentication methods
--
-- @param username A username to authenticate as.
-- @return A list with the authentication methods on success or false on failure.
function SSHConnection:list (username)
  if not self.session then
    return false
  end
  local status, methods = pcall(libssh2.userauth_list, self.session, username)
  if status then
    return methods
  end
  return false
end

---
-- Attempts to read public key file
--
-- @param publickey An SSH public key file.
-- @return true on success or false on error.
-- @return public key data on success or error code on error.
function SSHConnection:read_publickey (publickey)
  local status, result = pcall(libssh2.read_publickey, publickey)
  return status, result
end

---
-- Attempts authentication with public key
--
-- @param username A username to authenticate as.
-- @param key Base64 decrypted public key.
-- @return true if the public key can be used to authenticate as the user, false otherwise
-- @return Error message if an error occurs.
function SSHConnection:publickey_canauth (username, key)
  local status, err
  if self.session then
    status, err = pcall(libssh2.publickey_canauth, self.session, username, key)
    if status then
      -- no error thrown; return the actual result
      status = err
      err = nil
    end
  else
    status = false
    err = "No session established"
  end
  return status, err
end

return _ENV

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