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Bug 1332696 - krb5-libs canonicalizes hostnames for server principals breaking CNAME usage
Summary: krb5-libs canonicalizes hostnames for server principals breaking CNAME usage
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: krb5
Version: 6.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Robbie Harwood
QA Contact: Dalibor Pospíšil
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-05-03 19:46 UTC by Mark Shields
Modified: 2017-03-21 14:48 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: krb5-1.10.3-60.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-03-21 10:03:19 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch to enable use of dns_canonicalize_hostname flag in krb5.conf, disables if set to 0 (4.12 KB, patch)
2016-05-03 19:46 UTC, Mark Shields 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
CentOS 10775 0 None None None 2016-05-03 19:46:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0643 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE krb5 bug fix update 2017-03-21 12:31:52 UTC

Description Mark Shields 2016-05-03 19:46:48 UTC 
Created attachment 1153561 [details]
Patch to enable use of dns_canonicalize_hostname flag in krb5.conf, disables if set to 0

Description of problem:

Hostnames pointing to CNAMEs for server principals validates against the target of the CNAME instead of the given server principal/hostname.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

1.10.3-42z1

How reproducible:

Always.

Use a binary or script that can complete Kerberos authentication against a URL -- for example, curl -- using krb5-libs.

Reproduction using the below method requires a working Kerberos system with a REST URL endpoint that supports authenticating with a Kerberos ticket.

Where x.a_real_url.com is a CNAME that points to y.a_real_url.com:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. curl -u : --negotiate -vi -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -X POST -d '{"json": [{"pay": "load"}], "message": ""}' https://x.a_real_url.com
2. Part of the return will contain: Server HTTP/y.a_real_url.com@REALM not found in Kerberos database

Actual results:

Server HTTP/y.a_real_url.com@REALM not found in Kerberos database

Expected results:

Server principal checked is x.a_real_url.com.

This bug has been cross-reported to the CentOS 6 bug tracker as well as krb5 github:

- https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=10775
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/443#event-649100795

A colleague recommended I report it here, too.
Expected results:


Additional info:
Comment 1 Mark Shields 2016-05-03 19:52:22 UTC 
This is a backported feature present on EL7 and in newer versions of krb5.
Comment 2 Robbie Harwood 2016-05-03 22:20:25 UTC 
Hi, thank you for the detailed bug report and patch.  I will try to include a fix in the next release.
Comment 3 Mark Shields 2016-05-04 02:48:41 UTC 
Thank you!  Do you have an ETA for the next CentOS 6.x release?
Comment 4 Robbie Harwood 2016-05-04 05:48:51 UTC 
(In reply to Mark Shields from comment #3)
> Thank you!  Do you have an ETA for the next CentOS 6.x release?

CentOS as I understand it will release at about the same time RHEL releases; I don't believe it's publicly decided when that will be, but you can get a good idea of the timeframe we're talking about from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hat_enterprise_linux#Version_history We are too late to make 6.8, but I'm targeting 6.9.

Unfortunately, I'm not strongly involved in the CentOS process itself.  If this were a Fedora bug I could fix it instanter, but RHEL is slower-moving than that.
Comment 5 Mark Shields 2016-05-04 16:08:57 UTC 
I understand.  Do you have an ETA for RHEL 6.9 release?
Comment 6 Robbie Harwood 2016-05-10 19:13:44 UTC 
I do not believe one is public yet, but it will probably follow the chart above.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 10:03:19 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0643.html
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