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  1. WildFly
  2. WFLY-5786

LdapExtLoginModule does not handle loops in referrals

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    • 10.0.0.CR4
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      1) Start two LDAP servers which use attached server1.ldif and server2.ldif
      2) Add following security domain to configuration:

      <security-domain name="ldapSecurityDomain">
    <authentication>
        <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule" flag="required">
            <module-option name="java.naming.factory.initial" value="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"/>
            <module-option name="java.naming.provider.url" value="ldap://localhost:10389"/>
            <module-option name="referralUserAttributeIDToCheck" value="member"/>
            <module-option name="roleFilter" value="(|(objectClass=referral)(member={1}))"/>
            <module-option name="roleAttributeID" value="cn"/>
            <module-option name="rolesCtxDN" value="ou=Roles,dc=jboss,dc=org"/>
            <module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication" value="simple"/>
            <module-option name="bindDN" value="uid=admin,ou=system"/>
            <module-option name="bindCredential" value="secret"/>
            <module-option name="baseCtxDN" value="ou=People,dc=jboss,dc=org"/>
            <module-option name="java.naming.referral" value="throw"/>
            <module-option name="throwValidateError" value="true"/>
            <module-option name="baseFilter" value="(uid={0})"/>
        </login-module>
    </authentication>
</security-domain>

      3) Deploy attached application app.war
      4) Run periodically

      curl -u jduke:Password1 http://localhost:8080/app/protected/printRoles?role=TheDuke&role=Admin

      -> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError on Wildfly server

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      1) Start two LDAP servers which use attached server1.ldif and server2.ldif 2) Add following security domain to configuration: <security-domain name= "ldapSecurityDomain" > <authentication> <login-module code= "org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule" flag= "required" > <module-option name= "java.naming.factory.initial" value= "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory" /> <module-option name= "java.naming.provider.url" value= "ldap://localhost:10389" /> <module-option name= "referralUserAttributeIDToCheck" value= "member" /> <module-option name= "roleFilter" value= "(|(objectClass=referral)(member={1}))" /> <module-option name= "roleAttributeID" value= "cn" /> <module-option name= "rolesCtxDN" value= "ou=Roles,dc=jboss,dc=org" /> <module-option name= "java.naming.security.authentication" value= "simple" /> <module-option name= "bindDN" value= "uid=admin,ou=system" /> <module-option name= "bindCredential" value= "secret" /> <module-option name= "baseCtxDN" value= "ou=People,dc=jboss,dc=org" /> <module-option name= "java.naming.referral" value= "throw" /> <module-option name= "throwValidateError" value= "true" /> <module-option name= "baseFilter" value= "(uid={0})" /> </login-module> </authentication> </security-domain> 3) Deploy attached application app.war 4) Run periodically curl -u jduke:Password1 http://localhost:8080/app/protected/printRoles?role=TheDuke&role=Admin -> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError on Wildfly server

      According to LDAP specification [1]: "Clients that follow referrals MUST ensure that they do not loop between servers. They MUST NOT repeatedly contact the same server for the same request with the same parameters.".

      When Wildfly server is configured to use LdapExtLoginModule which uses referrals and LDAP servers contain loop then it leads to infinite cycle. It can results to java.lang.OutOfMemoryError on Wildfly server.

      [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511#section-4.1.10

        1. app.war
          3 kB
        2. server1.ldif
          0.7 kB
        3. server2.ldif
          0.4 kB

              darran.lofthouse@redhat.com Darran Lofthouse
              olukas Ondrej Lukas (Inactive)
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