code review request: 7077646: gssapi wrap for CFX per-message tokens always set FLAG_ACCEPTOR_SUBKEY

Weijun Wang weijun.wang at oracle.com
Sat Sep 24 12:29:03 UTC 2011


Thanks. Do you have time to look at

   7077640: gss wrap for cfx doesn't handle rrc != 0

at

   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/7077640/webrev.00

It was also reported by Heimdal. They always have a non-zero RRC.

Thanks
Max

On 09/24/2011 04:09 AM, Valerie (Yu-Ching) Peng wrote:
> The changes look good to me.
> Thanks,
> Valerie
> On 09/22/11 08:05, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> Webrev at
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/7077646/webrev.00/
>>
>> According to RFC 4121 [1]:
>>
>> 2. Key Derivation for Per-Message Tokens
>>
>> ...
>>
>> During the context initiation and acceptance sequence, the acceptor
>> MAY assert a subkey in the AP-REP message. If the acceptor asserts a
>> subkey, the base key is the acceptor-asserted subkey and subsequent
>> per-message tokens MUST be flagged with "AcceptorSubkey", as
>> described in section 4.2.2. Otherwise, if the initiator asserts a
>> subkey in the AP-REQ message, the base key is this subkey; if the
>> initiator does not assert a subkey, the base key is the session key
>> in the service ticket.
>>
>> Java has not checked where the key comes from and always sets the
>> AcceptorSubkey on. This has worked well with the MIT impl because it
>> seems the MIT impl only checks the flag if it should be on but doesn't
>> when it should be off. However, Heimdal is more strict and check in
>> both cases and an interop error happens between Java and Heimdal.
>>
>> In the customer's case, the Apple iChat program uses Heimdal's krb5
>> impl and cannot communicate well with the Openfire Java jabber server.
>>
>> I would like >= 2 reviewers so it can be backported to a 7u release.
>> I'm still working on a 6u solution at the moment.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Max
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> *Change Request ID*: 7077646
>>
>> *Synopsis*: gssapi wrap for CFX per-message tokens always set
>> FLAG_ACCEPTOR_SUBKEY
>>
>> Product: java
>> Category: jgss
>> Subcategory: krb5plugin
>>
>> === *Description*
>> ============================================================
>> FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
>>
>>
>> A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
>> gssapi wrap for CFX per-message tokens always set FLAG_ACCEPTOR_SUBKEY
>> even though the acceptor doesn't send a sub key.
>>
>>
>>
>> STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
>> attach debugger to client and see that the the acceptor doesn't send a
>> subkey in the authenticator, see what it sent FLAG_ACCEPTOR_SUBKEY in
>> all per-message tokens.
>>
>>
>>
>> EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
>> EXPECTED -
>> send subkey or don't set flag.
>>
>> REPRODUCIBILITY :
>> This bug can be reproduced always.
>>
>



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