Bug 1390322 - Spurious host authority entries created
Summary: Spurious host authority entries created
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: pki-core
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: RHCS Maintainers
QA Contact: Asha Akkiangady
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Depends On: 1378277
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-31 17:04 UTC by Tom Lavigne
Modified: 2016-12-06 17:05 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: pki-core-10.3.3-12.el7_3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, when the CA's Subject Distinguished Name contained values that used string encodings other than "UTF8String", the string always compared as unequal to itself when parsed from a string. This caused Certificate System to add a new LDAP authority entry to the main CA every time the CA was started. With this update, Certificate System compares string representations of the Subject DNs instead of "X500Name" values used previously, which fixes the underlying problem and prevents unneeded LDAP authority entries from being added on every startup.
Clone Of: 1378277
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-12-06 17:05:18 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:2881 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE pki-core bug fix update 2016-12-06 22:00:37 UTC

Description Tom Lavigne 2016-10-31 17:04:52 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #1378277 and has been proposed
to be backported to 7.3 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 5 Fraser Tweedale 2016-11-09 10:08:16 UTC 
Steps to verify:

1) Install with externally-signed CA.  The CA subject DN MUST use an ASN.1
   string encoding other than UTF8String, e.g. PrintableString.

2) Restart the server multiple times.  Ensure that no new authority entries
   get added upon server restart.  i.e. ``GET /ca/rest/authorities`` must
   return a single authority object.
Comment 6 Geetika Kapoor 2016-11-10 14:11:53 UTC 
Hello Fraser,

Could you please elaborate how this fix effect the functionality and how it effects end users so that we can test it better. Also, what are the test areas that we need to cover as part of sanity and regression.

Thanks
Geetika
Comment 7 Fraser Tweedale 2016-11-13 23:49:59 UTC 
Hi Geetika,

The impact of this bug is that a new lightweight CA entry for the main CA (a.k.a. "host authority") gets added every time Dogtag starts.

The bug occurs when the Subject DN of the main CA's certificate does not use UTF8String encoding, e.g. PrintableString.  Therefore, to test/verify the fix
it is necessary to have an externally signed CA that creates a certificate
with, e.g. PrintableString encoding of Subject DN attribute values.

To confirm the fix, the only area you need to test is the lightweight CA API,
namely ``GET /ca/rest/authorities''.  There should be one entry for the
"host authority", even after restart.

Hope that helps.
Fraser
Comment 8 Geetika Kapoor 2016-11-14 16:59:34 UTC 
Hello Fraser,

Do you think this much testing is fine or do i need to cover some more test cases?

UI :: 

<collection><authority isHostAuthority="true" id="b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0" issuerDN="CN=External CA,O=EXTERNAL" serial="13112" dn="CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE" enabled="true" description="Host authority" ready="true"/></collection>


Test Case 1: Without restart
=============================

curl --silent -v -k --header "Accept: application/x-pem-file" https://hostname:28142/ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain | openssl pkcs7 -text
* About to connect() to hostname port 28142 (#0)
*   Trying 10.8.60.26...
* Connected to hostname (10.8.60.26) port 28142 (#0)
* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/tmp/test
* skipping SSL peer certificate verification
* NSS: client certificate not found (nickname not specified)
* SSL connection using TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
* Server certificate:
* 	subject: CN=hostname,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
* 	start date: Nov 14 16:21:01 2016 GMT
* 	expire date: Feb 14 16:19:05 2017 GMT
* 	common name: hostname
* 	issuer: CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
> GET /ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
> Host: hostname:28142
> Accept: application/x-pem-file
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
< Cache-Control: private
< Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST
< Content-Type: application/x-pem-file
< Content-Length: 2270
< Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:50:08 GMT
< 
{ [data not shown]
* Connection #0 to host hostname left intact
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Test Case 2: After ExternalCA installation, we restarted the instance
=====================================================================

root@nocp30 externalCA # systemctl restart pki-tomcatd

root@nocp30 externalCA # curl --silent -v -k --header "Accept: application/x-pem-file" https://hostname:28142/ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain | openssl pkcs7 -text
* About to connect() to hostname port 28142 (#0)
*   Trying 10.8.60.26...
* Connected to hostname (10.8.60.26) port 28142 (#0)
* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/tmp/test
* skipping SSL peer certificate verification
* NSS: client certificate not found (nickname not specified)
* SSL connection using TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
* Server certificate:
* 	subject: CN=hostname,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
* 	start date: Nov 14 16:21:01 2016 GMT
* 	expire date: Feb 14 16:19:05 2017 GMT
* 	common name: hostname
* 	issuer: CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
> GET /ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
> Host: hostname:28142
> Accept: application/x-pem-file
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
< Cache-Control: private
< Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST
< Content-Type: application/x-pem-file
< Content-Length: 2270
< Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:52:36 GMT
< 
{ [data not shown]
* Connection #0 to host hostname left intact
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-----END PKCS7-----


Test Case 3: Stop / start the instance.
======================================
curl --silent -v -k --header "Accept: application/x-pem-file" https://hostname:28142/ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain | openssl pkcs7 -text
* About to connect() to hostname port 28142 (#0)
*   Trying 10.8.60.26...
* Connected to hostname (10.8.60.26) port 28142 (#0)
* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/tmp/test
* skipping SSL peer certificate verification
* NSS: client certificate not found (nickname not specified)
* SSL connection using TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
* Server certificate:
* 	subject: CN=hostname,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
* 	start date: Nov 14 16:21:01 2016 GMT
* 	expire date: Feb 14 16:19:05 2017 GMT
* 	common name: hostname
* 	issuer: CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA1,O=EXAMPLE
> GET /ca/rest/authorities/b9156055-1cc1-4a08-8926-c4d2297b90f0/chain HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
> Host: hostname:28142
> Accept: application/x-pem-file
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
< Cache-Control: private
< Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST
< Content-Type: application/x-pem-file
< Content-Length: 2270
< Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:54:38 GMT
< 
{ [data not shown]
* Connection #0 to host hostname left intact
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Comment 9 Endi Sukma Dewata 2016-11-14 19:46:11 UTC 
Hi Geetika,

As Fraser mentioned in comment #5 and #7, could you verify that the subject DN of the externally-signed CA signing certificate is using PrintableString? For example:

$ AtoB ca_signing.pem ca_signing.der
$ dumpasn1 ca_signing.der
...
107  72:     SEQUENCE {
109  16:       SET {
111  14:         SEQUENCE {
113   3:           OBJECT IDENTIFIER organizationName (2 5 4 10)
118   7:           PrintableString 'EXAMPLE'
       :           }
       :         }
127  19:       SET {
129  17:         SEQUENCE {
131   3:           OBJECT IDENTIFIER organizationalUnitName (2 5 4 11)
136  10:           PrintableString 'pki-tomcat'
       :           }
       :         }
148  31:       SET {
150  29:         SEQUENCE {
152   3:           OBJECT IDENTIFIER commonName (2 5 4 3)
157  22:           PrintableString 'CA Signing Certificate'
       :           }
       :         }
       :       }
...

Then run the following command:

$ curl -k https://<hostname>:<port>/ca/rest/authorities

and verify that it returns exactly one <authority> element, for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<collection xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <authority
        isHostAuthority="true"
        id="cce899e2-75e5-4a9b-9697-c97fc5d2e812"
        issuerDN="CN=External CA,O=EXTERNAL"
        serial="30955"
        dn="CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=pki-tomcat,O=EXAMPLE"
        enabled="true"
        description="Host authority"
        ready="true"/>
</collection>

Then restart the server several times and verify that the above command always returns the same output.

Thanks.
Comment 10 Geetika Kapoor 2016-11-15 07:10:36 UTC 
Hi Endi,

Here is the ASN format.For OU i still see UTF8String for others it is PrintableString.That means any field in Subject DN should be either PRINTABLESTRING or UTF8STRING. For nssdb it's all PRINTABLESTRING. For our Dogtag CA it is all PRINTABLESTRING except "OU"

Test case 1:
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For any third party CA like nssdb i could see ASN format as:
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openssl x509 -in external_chk.crt -subject  -nameopt multiline,show_type -noout -subject_hash
subject= 
    organizationName          = PRINTABLESTRING:EXTERNAL
    organizationalUnitName    = PRINTABLESTRING:Test
    commonName                = PRINTABLESTRING:External CA
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After signing ExternalCA if i verify the ca_signing.crt i could see:
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openssl x509 -in cert_ex -subject -nameopt multiline,show_type -noout -subject_hash 
subject= 
    organizationName          = PRINTABLESTRING:EXAMPLE
    organizationalUnitName    = UTF8STRING:Test_ExternalCA1
    commonName                = PRINTABLESTRING:CA Signing Certificate

Test Case 2: 
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Add other optional subject dn fields in dogtag CA default.cfg and check the encoding pattern.

openssl x509 -in ca_signing.crt -subject -nameopt multiline,show_type -noout -subject_hash 
subject= 
    localityName              = PRINTABLESTRING:Pasadena
    stateOrProvinceName       = PRINTABLESTRING:Maryland
    countryName               = PRINTABLESTRING:US
    organizationName          = PRINTABLESTRING:EXAMPLE
    organizationalUnitName    = UTF8STRING:Test_ExternalCA2
    commonName                = PRINTABLESTRING:CA Signing Certificate



Test Case 3: Restart the pki instance and verify the output of curl.
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Before Restart
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curl -k https://nocp30.idm.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:31142/ca/rest/authorities
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><collection xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><authority isHostAuthority="true" id="527feaf6-4ff4-496a-b469-4c99e5d4bc24" issuerDN="CN=External CA,O=EXTERNAL" serial="15938" dn="CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA3,O=EXAMPLE,C=US,ST=Maryland,L=Pasadena" enabled="true" description="Host authority" ready="true"/></collection>

After Restart
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curl -k https://nocp30.idm.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:31142/ca/rest/authorities
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><collection xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><authority isHostAuthority="true" id="527feaf6-4ff4-496a-b469-4c99e5d4bc24" issuerDN="CN=External CA,O=EXTERNAL" serial="15938" dn="CN=CA Signing Certificate,OU=Test_ExternalCA3,O=EXAMPLE,C=US,ST=Maryland,L=Pasadena" enabled="true" description="Host authority" ready="true"/></collection>
Comment 11 Fraser Tweedale 2016-11-15 07:23:16 UTC 
Geetika, LGTM.  It suffices for any Subject DN component of the Dogtag CA
to use an encoding other than UTF8String, and your test meets
that criteria.
Comment 12 Geetika Kapoor 2016-11-15 08:19:32 UTC 
Marking this bug verified
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2016-12-06 17:05:18 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-2016-2881.html
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