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Closed 14 years ago

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#2901 closed defect (invalid)

Apache crashes when used with modpython and LDAP authentication

Reported by: Emmanuel Blot Owned by: Emmanuel Blot
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: web frontend/mod_python Version: devel
Severity: major Keywords: ldap
Cc: francois.pesce@… Branch:
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Description

Since the introduction of the WSGI support in [2957], Apache server crashes when the following environment is used:

  • modpython (3.1.x, 3.2.x series)
  • python (2.3.x, 2.4.x)
  • LDAP authentication support (mod_auth_ldap, unrelated to the LdapPlugin)

The crash of the Apache thread occurs when the user authenticates, i.e. when she submits her password at the …/login URL.

The root cause is the LDAP authentication module:
It defines an extra environment variable AUTHENTICATE_UID, which may takes an invalid (null ?) value.

This value is retrieved in modpython/apache.py:build_cgi_env(req) and added to the CGI environment variable.
This dictionnary is then duplicated in trac/web/modpython_frontend.py:ModPythonGateway::__init__ using environ.duplicate() call.

When the duplicate() method attempts to duplicate the value of the AUTHENTICATE_UID key, it produces an invalid call which ends up in calling the libc strlen() function with an invalid parameter, and eventually crashes the current Apache thread.

I attach a patch against [3025] which discards this invalid key, but I guess the real fix up should be done in the modpython Apache module.

Attachments (2)

modpython.diff (913 bytes ) - added by Emmanuel Blot 18 years ago.
Quick patch for trac/web/modpython_frontend.py
patch-for-mod_auth_ldap.patch (484 bytes ) - added by francois.pesce@… 18 years ago.
Patch to avoid NULL value for env in mod_auth_ldap

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Change History (9)

by Emmanuel Blot, 18 years ago

Attachment: modpython.diff added

Quick patch for trac/web/modpython_frontend.py

comment:1 by Emmanuel Blot, 18 years ago

Bug report submitted to Apache2 project: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39045

by francois.pesce@…, 18 years ago

Patch to avoid NULL value for env in mod_auth_ldap

comment:2 by francois.pesce@…, 18 years ago

Cc: francois.pesce@… added

If the problem comes from a NULL value in AUTHENTICATE_* environment variable, as I read in the apache bug report, this little patch may fix it.

comment:3 by Christian Boos, 17 years ago

Component: generalmod_python frontend
Keywords: ldap added
Milestone: 0.11
Owner: changed from Jonas Borgström to Emmanuel Blot

manu, can you take a look to check if attachment:modpython.diff is still relevant, and if yes, apply the patch?

in reply to:  3 comment:4 by Emmanuel Blot, 17 years ago

Replying to cboos:

manu, can you take a look to check if attachment:modpython.diff is still relevant, and if yes, apply the patch?

Sure. I will check it on monday, I don't use Apache @ home.

However, I wonder the actual cost of this patch: it is really a good idea to add a kludge in Trac core to circumvent an issue in an external component (mod_python) that triggers an error with a specific configuration (LDAP)?

comment:5 by techcon1@…, 17 years ago

I had this setup working for a week or so with Trac 10.4 before I switched to using TracCASPlugin for authentication.

I used these modules + configuration values, with a Win2003 AD server, and it worked fine:

LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
...
<Location /path/to/project>
	Order Allow,Deny
	Allow from all
	AuthType Basic
	AuthName "Active Directory"
	AuthBasicProvider "ldap"
	AuthLDAPURL "ldap://server/OU=Users,DC=domain,DC=tld?samAccountName"
	Require valid-user
	AuthLDAPBindDN "binduser@domain.tld"
	AuthLDAPBindPassword "*********"
	AuthzLDAPAuthoritative Off
</Location>

comment:6 by John Hampton, 14 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

This appears to be fixed in apache, see https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39045

I don't see any reason to apply the patch to Trac.

comment:7 by Christian Boos, 14 years ago

Milestone: next-minor-0.12.x

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