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Bug 1617894 - Auth plugins leave passwords in the access log and audit log using REST
Summary: Auth plugins leave passwords in the access log and audit log using REST
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: pki-core
Version: 7.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Dinesh Prasanth
QA Contact: Asha Akkiangady
Marc Muehlfeld
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1645263
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-08-16 05:58 UTC by Amol K
Modified: 2019-08-06 13:07 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: pki-core-10.5.16-2.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
.The Certificate System REST API no longer stores clear text passwords in log files Previously, the Certificate System REST API did not filter out plain password values. As a consequence, passwords were visible in clear text in log files. With this update, the server replaces password attribute values with "(sensitive)". As a result, clear text passwords are no longer visible in logs.
Clone Of:
: 1645263 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:07:17 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Auth plugin add using python (2.74 KB, text/plain)
2019-06-11 15:58 UTC, Amol K 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2228 0 None None None 2019-08-06 13:07:49 UTC

Description Amol K 2018-08-16 05:58:22 UTC 
Description of problem:
Auth plugins leave passwords in the access log and audit logs while accessing them using REST API.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
10.5.9-4.el7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create ca authentication plugin using the REST API.
2. curl --capath "/tmp/ca_cert.pem" --basic --dump-header  /tmp/header_out.txt --user "caadmin:SECret.123" -d "OP_TYPE=OP_ADD&OP_SCOPE=instance&RS_ID=plug502&implName=UidPwdDirAuth&RULENAME=plug502&ldap.ldapconn.host=pki1.example.com&dnpattern=uid=test,ou=people,o=topology-02-CA&ldapStringAttributes=mail&ldap.ldapconn.version=3&ldap.ldapconn.port=3389&ldap.maxConns=10&ldap.basedn=dc=example,dc=org&ldap.minConns=3&ldap.ldapconn.secureConn=false&ldapByteAttributes=uid&ldap.password=SECret.123&ldap.ldapauth.authtype=BasicAuth&ldap.ldapauth.bindDN=cn=directory manager&" -k https://pki1.example.com:20443/ca/auths
3.

Actual results:
It leaves passwords in the audit logs and localhost_access_log.*.txt file.

```
# grep -ir "SECret.123" /var/log/pki/topology-02-CA/
/var/log/pki/topology-02-CA/ca/signedAudit/ca_audit:0.http-bio-20080-exec-1 - [16/Aug/2018:01:42:46 EDT] [14] [6] [AuditEvent=CONFIG_AUTH][SubjectID=caadmin][Outcome=Success][ParamNameValPairs=Scope;;instance+Operation;;OP_ADD+Resource;;plug502+implName;;UidPwdDirAuth+ldap.ldapconn.host;;localhost+dnpattern;;UID=test,OU=people,O=topology-02-CA-CA+ldapStringAttributes;;mail+ldap.ldapconn.version;;3+ldap.ldapconn.port;;3389+ldap.maxConns;;10+ldap.basedn;;dc=example,dc=org+ldap.password;;SECret.123+ldap.minConns;;3+ldap.ldapconn.secureConn;;false+ldapByteAttributes;;uid] authentication configuration parameter(s) change
/var/log/pki/topology-02-CA/ca/signedAudit/ca_audit:0.http-bio-20080-exec-3 - [16/Aug/2018:01:42:48 EDT] [14] [6] [AuditEvent=CONFIG_AUTH][SubjectID=caadmin][Outcome=Success][ParamNameValPairs=Scope;;instance+Operation;;OP_MODIFY+Resource;;plug502+implName;;UidPwdDirAuth+ldap.ldapconn.host;;localhost+dnpattern;;UID=test,OU=people,O=topology-02-CA-CA+ldapStringAttributes;;mail+ldap.ldapconn.version;;3+ldap.ldapconn.port;;3389+ldap.maxConns;;10+ldap.basedn;;dc=example,dc=org+ldap.password;;SECret.123+ldap.minConns;;3+ldap.ldapconn.secureConn;;false+ldapByteAttributes;;uid] authentication configuration parameter(s) change
/var/log/pki/topology-02-CA/localhost_access_log.2018-08-16.txt:10.67.116.185 - - [16/Aug/2018:01:42:46 -0400] "POST /ca/auths?OP_TYPE=OP_ADD&OP_SCOPE=instance&RS_ID=plug502&implName=UidPwdDirAuth&RULENAME=plug502&ldap.ldapconn.host=localhost&dnpattern=UID%3Dtest%2COU%3Dpeople%2CO%3Dtopology-02-CA-CA&ldapStringAttributes=mail&ldap.ldapconn.version=3&ldap.ldapconn.port=3389&ldap.maxConns=10&ldap.basedn=dc%3Dexample%2Cdc%3Dorg&ldap.password=SECret.123&ldap.minConns=3&ldap.ldapconn.secureConn=false&ldapByteAttributes=uid HTTP/1.1" 200 26
/var/log/pki/topology-02-CA/localhost_access_log.2018-08-16.txt:10.67.116.185 - - [16/Aug/2018:01:42:48 -0400] "POST /ca/auths?OP_TYPE=OP_MODIFY&OP_SCOPE=instance&RS_ID=plug502&implName=UidPwdDirAuth&RULENAME=plug502&ldap.ldapconn.host=localhost&dnpattern=UID%3Dtest%2COU%3Dpeople%2CO%3Dtopology-02-CA-CA&ldapStringAttributes=mail&ldap.ldapconn.version=3&ldap.ldapconn.port=3389&ldap.maxConns=10&ldap.basedn=dc%3Dexample%2Cdc%3Dorg&ldap.password=SECret.123&ldap.minConns=3&ldap.ldapconn.secureConn=false&ldapByteAttributes=uid HTTP/1.1" 200 4
```

Expected results:
It should show (sensitive) for the passwords.


Additional info:
Automated test cases: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/tests/dogtag/pytest-ansible/pytest/ca/auth_plugins/test_pki_ca_auth_plugins.py
Comment 2 Matthew Harmsen 2018-09-27 19:05:12 UTC 
Per PKI Team meeting, reassigning to dmoluguw (ascheel to help)
Comment 3 Dinesh Prasanth 2018-10-01 20:29:07 UTC 
Fixed in PR: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/57

Steps to reproduce:
As mentioned by the OP

Fixed Output:
# grep -ir 'secret.123' /var/log/pki ; echo $?
1
# grep -ir '(sensitive)' /var/log/pki ; echo $?
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/signedAudit/ca_audit:0.http-bio-8443-exec-1 - [01/Oct/2018:10:40:03 EDT] [14] [6] [AuditEvent=CONFIG_AUTH][SubjectID=caadmin][Outcome=Success][ParamNameValPairs=Scope;;instance+Operation;;OP_ADD+Resource;;plug502+implName;;UidPwdDirAuth+ldap.ldapconn.host;;localhost.localdomain+dnpattern;;uid=caadmin,ou=people+ldapStringAttributes;;mail+ldap.ldapconn.version;;3+ldap.ldapconn.port;;389+ldap.maxConns;;10+ldap.basedn;;dc=ca,dc=pki,dc=example,dc=com+ldap.minConns;;3+ldap.ldapconn.secureConn;;false+ldapByteAttributes;;uid+ldap.password;;(sensitive)+ldap.ldapauth.authtype;;BasicAuth+ldap.ldapauth.bindDN;;cn=Directory Manager] authentication configuration parameter(s) change
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/signedAudit/ca_audit:0.http-bio-8443-exec-8 - [01/Oct/2018:10:42:14 EDT] [14] [6] [AuditEvent=CONFIG_AUTH][SubjectID=caadmin][Outcome=Failure][ParamNameValPairs=Scope;;instance+Operation;;OP_ADD+Resource;;plug502+implName;;UidPwdDirAuth+ldap.ldapconn.host;;localhost.localdomain+dnpattern;;uid=caadmin,ou=people+ldapStringAttributes;;mail+ldap.ldapconn.version;;3+ldap.ldapconn.port;;389+ldap.maxConns;;10+ldap.basedn;;dc=ca,dc=pki,dc=example,dc=com+ldap.minConns;;3+ldap.ldapconn.secureConn;;false+ldapByteAttributes;;uid+ldap.password;;(sensitive)+ldap.ldapauth.authtype;;BasicAuth+ldap.ldapauth.bindDN;;cn=Directory Manager] authentication configuration parameter(s) change
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:40:03][http-bio-8443-exec-1]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:41:25][http-bio-8443-exec-3]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:41:30][http-bio-8443-exec-6]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:42:14][http-bio-8443-exec-8]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:42:22][http-bio-8443-exec-10]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:42:27][http-bio-8443-exec-18]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug:[01/Oct/2018:10:42:31][http-bio-8443-exec-20]: AdminServlet::service() param name='ldap.password' value='(sensitive)'
0
Comment 5 Matthew Harmsen 2018-12-05 18:39:47 UTC 
DOGTAG_10_5_BRANCH:

commit cc2b50fac7542476aef222ab5f1d49d86e38cba1
Author: Dinesh Prasanth M K <SilleBille.github.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 16:25:08 2018 -0400

    Fixes password leak of Auth plugins to Audit Logs (#57)
    
    * Auth plugin adds `(sensitive)` instead of plain passwords
    to AuditLogs
    * Added generic `isSensitive()` to identify Passwords before logging
    
    Signed-off-by: Dinesh Prasanth M K <dmoluguw>
Comment 7 Amol K 2019-06-11 15:58:11 UTC 
Created attachment 1579462 [details]
Auth plugin add using python
Comment 8 Amol K 2019-06-11 16:00:40 UTC 
Hi Dinesh,

I found some strange behaviour with curl and Python script.
 - If I use curl request, I didn't saw any passwords in the access logs.
 - If I use python script, I could see the passwords in the access logs.
Comment 10 Amol K 2019-06-20 15:32:47 UTC 
As per the suggestions from Alex, I'm not able to see the passwords in the access logs with post request. 


Build: 10.5.16-2.el7

Verifying this bugzilla.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 13:07:17 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2228
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