Description of problem:
Random Apache threads stop being able to create TLS connections. This problem becomes very problematic when trying to contact an ldap server over ssl. And because its not all Apache threads, it intermittent, making users very frustrated.

Uping the php LDAP debug level (ldap_set_option(NULL, LDAP_OPT_DEBUG_LEVEL, 7);)  we can see the threads stop being able to create TLS sessions.

Sniffing traffic to and from the ldap server shows that each time a tcp connection is fully initiated, but in the case of a fail, a FIN is issued as soon as the connection is opened.

Another person seems to have the same problem, https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv6-list/2011-September/msg00023.html but the only response to that discussion is invalid. On my server having the problem, I launched 20 proccesses runing the same php script from the cli for 5 minutes staight, and not once did one fail. All the while apache threads still had trouble.

He links it to how many requests a thread has served is the cause of the problem.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.1 and RHEL6.2
RHEL6.0 and RHEL5.x Seem to be immune. 

How reproducible:
Very



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install php-ldap and httpd
2. Try contacting a ldap server over ssl
2a. A freshly restarted httpd will take about 20 minutes before symptoms start.
3. Turn on php-ldap debug mode to see the usable error of failing to create tls sessions. With out doing this, the only error you get is failed to bind.
  


Actual results:
ldap_create
ldap_url_parse_ext(ldaps://redacted/)
ldap_bind_s
ldap_simple_bind_s
ldap_sasl_bind_s
ldap_sasl_bind
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_new_connection 1 1 0
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP redacted:636
ldap_new_socket: 14
ldap_prepare_socket: 14
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying redacted:636
ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 14 tm: -1 async: 0
TLS: error: could not initialize moznss security context - error -5925:The one-time function was previously called and failed. Its error code is no longer available
TLS: can't create ssl handle.
ldap_err2string



Expected results:
ldap_create
ldap_url_parse_ext(ldaps://redacted/)
ldap_bind_s
ldap_simple_bind_s
ldap_sasl_bind_s
ldap_sasl_bind
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_new_connection 1 1 0
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP redacted:636
ldap_new_socket: 13
ldap_prepare_socket: 13
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying redacted:636
ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 13 tm: -1 async: 0
TLS: certificate [CN=redacted,OU=ITS,O=New York University,L=New York,ST=New York,C=US] is valid
TLS certificate verification: subject: CN=redacted,OU=ITS,O=New York University,L=New York,ST=New York,C=US, issuer: CN=VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA - G2,OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09,OU=VeriSign Trust Network,O="VeriSign, Inc.",C=US, cipher: RC4, security level: high, secret key bits: 128, total key bits: 128, cache hits: 0, cache misses: 0, cache not reusable: 0
ldap_open_defconn: successful
ldap_send_server_request
........
ldap_next_attribute
ldap_get_values_len
ldap_next_attribute
ldap_get_values_len
ldap_next_attribute
ldap_get_dn
ldap_msgfree
ldap_free_connection 1 1
ldap_send_unbind
ldap_free_connection: actually freed


Additional info: