CVE-2018-5729: NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
value: MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.
CWE description: The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
CVSS v3 base score: 4.7
Published: 2018-03-06T20:29Z
Repository: https://github.com/krb5/krb5
Language: C
Files changed: src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c, src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h, src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c, src/tests/t_kdb.py
Commit date: 2018-02-13 10:59:04 -0500
Commit message: Fix flaws in LDAP DN checking

KDB_TL_USER_INFO tl-data is intended to be internal to the LDAP KDB
module, and not used in disk or wire principal entries.  Prevent
kadmin clients from sending KDB_TL_USER_INFO tl-data by giving it a
type number less than 256 and filtering out type numbers less than 256
in kadm5_create_principal_3().  (We already filter out low type
numbers in kadm5_modify_principal()).

In the LDAP KDB module, if containerdn and linkdn are both specified
in a put_principal operation, check both linkdn and the computed
standalone_principal_dn for container membership.  To that end, factor
out the checks into helper functions and call them on all applicable
client-influenced DNs.

CVE-2018-5729:

In MIT krb5 1.6 or later, an authenticated kadmin user with permission
to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database can cause a null
dereference in kadmind, or circumvent a DN container check, by
supplying tagged data intended to be internal to the database module.
Thanks to Sharwan Ram and Pooja Anil for discovering the potential
null dereference.

CVE-2018-5730:

In MIT krb5 1.6 or later, an authenticated kadmin user with permission
to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database can circumvent a DN
containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn"
database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left
extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within
the container DN.

ticket: 8643 (new)
tags: pullup
target_version: 1.16-next
target_version: 1.15-next

Diff: diff --git a/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c b/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
index 2420f2c2beb..a59a65e8f68 100644
--- a/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
+++ b/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
@@ -328,10 +328,17 @@ kadm5_create_principal_3(void *server_handle,
         return KADM5_BAD_MASK;
     if((mask & KADM5_POLICY) && (mask & KADM5_POLICY_CLR))
         return KADM5_BAD_MASK;
     if((mask & ~ALL_PRINC_MASK))
         return KADM5_BAD_MASK;
+    if (mask & KADM5_TL_DATA) {
+        for (tl_data_tail = entry->tl_data; tl_data_tail != NULL;
+             tl_data_tail = tl_data_tail->tl_data_next) {
+            if (tl_data_tail->tl_data_type < 256)
+                return KADM5_BAD_TL_TYPE;
+        }
+    }
 
     /*
      * Check to see if the principal exists
      */
     ret = kdb_get_entry(handle, entry->principal, &kdb, &adb);
diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
index 535a1f309e2..8b8420faa98 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
+++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ extern int set_ldap_error (krb5_context ctx, int st, int op);
 #define  STORE16_INT(ptr, val)  store_16_be(val, ptr)
 #define  STORE32_INT(ptr, val)  store_32_be(val, ptr)
 #define UNSTORE16_INT(ptr, val) (val = load_16_be(ptr))
 #define UNSTORE32_INT(ptr, val) (val = load_32_be(ptr))
 
-#define  KDB_TL_USER_INFO      0x7ffe
+#define  KDB_TL_USER_INFO      0xff
 
 #define KDB_TL_PRINCTYPE          0x01
 #define KDB_TL_PRINCCOUNT         0x02
 #define KDB_TL_USERDN             0x03
 #define KDB_TL_KEYINFO            0x04
diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
index 88a17049503..b7c9212cb29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
+++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
@@ -649,10 +649,111 @@ update_ldap_mod_auth_ind(krb5_context context, krb5_db_entry *entry,
 cleanup:
     krb5_dbe_free_string(context, auth_ind);
     return ret;
 }
 
+static krb5_error_code
+check_dn_in_container(krb5_context context, const char *dn,
+                      char *const *subtrees, unsigned int ntrees)
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+    size_t dnlen = strlen(dn), stlen;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ntrees; i++) {
+        if (subtrees[i] == NULL || *subtrees[i] == '\0')
+            return 0;
+        stlen = strlen(subtrees[i]);
+        if (dnlen >= stlen &&
+            strcasecmp(dn + dnlen - stlen, subtrees[i]) == 0 &&
+            (dnlen == stlen || dn[dnlen - stlen - 1] == ','))
+            return 0;
+    }
+
+    k5_setmsg(context, EINVAL, _("DN is out of the realm subtree"));
+    return EINVAL;
+}
+
+static krb5_error_code
+check_dn_exists(krb5_context context,
+                krb5_ldap_server_handle *ldap_server_handle,
+                const char *dn, krb5_boolean nonkrb_only)
+{
+    krb5_error_code st = 0, tempst;
+    krb5_ldap_context *ldap_context = context->dal_handle->db_context;
+    LDAP *ld = ldap_server_handle->ldap_handle;
+    LDAPMessage *result = NULL, *ent;
+    char *attrs[] = { "krbticketpolicyreference", "krbprincipalname", NULL };
+    char **values;
+
+    LDAP_SEARCH_1(dn, LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, 0, attrs, IGNORE_STATUS);
+    if (st != LDAP_SUCCESS)
+        return set_ldap_error(context, st, OP_SEARCH);
+
+    ent = ldap_first_entry(ld, result);
+    CHECK_NULL(ent);
+
+    values = ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbticketpolicyreference");
+    if (values != NULL)
+        ldap_value_free(values);
+
+    values = ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbprincipalname");
+    if (values != NULL) {
+        ldap_value_free(values);
+        if (nonkrb_only) {
+            st = EINVAL;
+            k5_setmsg(context, st, _("ldap object is already kerberized"));
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+
+cleanup:
+    ldap_msgfree(result);
+    return st;
+}
+
+static krb5_error_code
+validate_xargs(krb5_context context,
+               krb5_ldap_server_handle *ldap_server_handle,
+               const xargs_t *xargs, const char *standalone_dn,
+               char *const *subtrees, unsigned int ntrees)
+{
+    krb5_error_code st;
+
+    if (xargs->dn != NULL) {
+        /* The supplied dn must be within a realm container. */
+        st = check_dn_in_container(context, xargs->dn, subtrees, ntrees);
+        if (st)
+            return st;
+        /* The supplied dn must exist without Kerberos attributes. */
+        st = check_dn_exists(context, ldap_server_handle, xargs->dn, TRUE);
+        if (st)
+            return st;
+    }
+
+    if (xargs->linkdn != NULL) {
+        /* The supplied linkdn must be within a realm container. */
+        st = check_dn_in_container(context, xargs->linkdn, subtrees, ntrees);
+        if (st)
+            return st;
+        /* The supplied linkdn must exist. */
+        st = check_dn_exists(context, ldap_server_handle, xargs->linkdn,
+                             FALSE);
+        if (st)
+            return st;
+    }
+
+    if (xargs->containerdn != NULL && standalone_dn != NULL) {
+        /* standalone_dn (likely composed using containerdn) must be within a
+         * container. */
+        st = check_dn_in_container(context, standalone_dn, subtrees, ntrees);
+        if (st)
+            return st;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 krb5_error_code
 krb5_ldap_put_principal(krb5_context context, krb5_db_entry *entry,
                         char **db_args)
 {
     int                         l=0, kerberos_principal_object_type=0;
@@ -660,16 +761,16 @@ krb5_ldap_put_principal(krb5_context context, krb5_db_entry *entry,
     krb5_error_code             st=0, tempst=0;
     LDAP                        *ld=NULL;
     LDAPMessage                 *result=NULL, *ent=NULL;
     char                        **subtreelist = NULL;
     char                        *user=NULL, *subtree=NULL, *principal_dn=NULL;
-    char                        **values=NULL, *strval[10]={NULL}, errbuf[1024];
+    char                        *strval[10]={NULL}, errbuf[1024];
     char                        *filtuser=NULL;
     struct berval               **bersecretkey=NULL;
     LDAPMod                     **mods=NULL;
     krb5_boolean                create_standalone=FALSE;
-    krb5_boolean                krb_identity_exists=FALSE, establish_links=FALSE;
+    krb5_boolean                establish_links=FALSE;
     char                        *standalone_principal_dn=NULL;
     krb5_tl_data                *tl_data=NULL;
     krb5_key_data               **keys=NULL;
     kdb5_dal_handle             *dal_handle=NULL;
     krb5_ldap_context           *ldap_context=NULL;
@@ -858,110 +959,21 @@ krb5_ldap_put_principal(krb5_context context, krb5_db_entry *entry,
      * If the DN information is presented by the user, time to
      * validate the input to ensure that the DN falls under
      * any of the subtrees
      */
     if (xargs.dn_from_kbd == TRUE) {
-        /* make sure the DN falls in the subtree */
-        int              dnlen=0, subtreelen=0;
-        char             *dn=NULL;
-        krb5_boolean     outofsubtree=TRUE;
-
-        if (xargs.dn != NULL) {
-            dn = xargs.dn;
-        } else if (xargs.linkdn != NULL) {
-            dn = xargs.linkdn;
-        } else if (standalone_principal_dn != NULL) {
-            /*
-             * Even though the standalone_principal_dn is constructed
-             * within this function, there is the containerdn input
-             * from the user that can become part of the it.
-             */
-            dn = standalone_principal_dn;
-        }
-
         /* Get the current subtree list if we haven't already done so. */
         if (subtreelist == NULL) {
             st = krb5_get_subtree_info(ldap_context, &subtreelist, &ntrees);
             if (st)
                 goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        for (tre=0; tre<ntrees; ++tre) {
-            if (subtreelist[tre] == NULL || strlen(subtreelist[tre]) == 0) {
-                outofsubtree = FALSE;
-                break;
-            } else {
-                dnlen = strlen (dn);
-                subtreelen = strlen(subtreelist[tre]);
-                if ((dnlen >= subtreelen) && (strcasecmp((dn + dnlen - subtreelen), subtreelist[tre]) == 0)) {
-                    outofsubtree = FALSE;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (outofsubtree == TRUE) {
-            st = EINVAL;
-            k5_setmsg(context, st, _("DN is out of the realm subtree"));
+        st = validate_xargs(context, ldap_server_handle, &xargs,
+                            standalone_principal_dn, subtreelist, ntrees);
+        if (st)
             goto cleanup;
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * dn value will be set either by dn, linkdn or the standalone_principal_dn
-         * In the first 2 cases, the dn should be existing and in the last case we
-         * are supposed to create the ldap object. so the below should not be
-         * executed for the last case.
-         */
-
-        if (standalone_principal_dn == NULL) {
-            /*
-             * If the ldap object is missing, this results in an error.
-             */
-
-            /*
-             * Search for krbprincipalname attribute here.
-             * This is to find if a kerberos identity is already present
-             * on the ldap object, in which case adding a kerberos identity
-             * on the ldap object should result in an error.
-             */
-            char  *attributes[]={"krbticketpolicyreference", "krbprincipalname", NULL};
-
-            ldap_msgfree(result);
-            result = NULL;
-            LDAP_SEARCH_1(dn, LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, 0, attributes, IGNORE_STATUS);
-            if (st == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-                ent = ldap_first_entry(ld, result);
-                if (ent != NULL) {
-                    if ((values=ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbticketpolicyreference")) != NULL) {
-                        ldap_value_free(values);
-                    }
-
-                    if ((values=ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbprincipalname")) != NULL) {
-                        krb_identity_exists = TRUE;
-                        ldap_value_free(values);
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                st = set_ldap_error(context, st, OP_SEARCH);
-                goto cleanup;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * If xargs.dn is set then the request is to add a
-     * kerberos principal on a ldap object, but if
-     * there is one already on the ldap object this
-     * should result in an error.
-     */
-
-    if (xargs.dn != NULL && krb_identity_exists == TRUE) {
-        st = EINVAL;
-        snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
-                 _("ldap object is already kerberized"));
-        k5_setmsg(context, st, "%s", errbuf);
-        goto cleanup;
     }
 
     if (xargs.linkdn != NULL) {
         /*
          * link information can be changed using modprinc.
diff --git a/src/tests/t_kdb.py b/src/tests/t_kdb.py
index 217f2cdc3bd..6e563b10326 100755
--- a/src/tests/t_kdb.py
+++ b/src/tests/t_kdb.py
@@ -201,10 +201,16 @@ if out != 'KRBTEST.COM\n':
 # because we're sticking a krbPrincipalAux objectclass onto a subtree
 # krbContainer, but it works and it avoids having to load core.schema
 # in the test LDAP server.
 realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'dn=cn=krb5', 'princ1'],
           expected_code=1, expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')
+# Check that the DN container check is a hierarchy test, not a simple
+# suffix match (CVE-2018-5730).  We expect this operation to fail
+# either way (because "xcn" isn't a valid DN tag) but the container
+# check should happen before the DN is parsed.
+realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'dn=xcn=t1,cn=krb5', 'princ1'],
+          expected_code=1, expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')
 realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'dn=cn=t2,cn=krb5', 'princ1'])
 realm.run([kadminl, 'getprinc', 'princ1'], expected_msg='Principal: princ1')
 realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'dn=cn=t2,cn=krb5', 'again'],
           expected_code=1, expected_msg='ldap object is already kerberized')
 # Check that we can't set linkdn on a non-standalone object.
@@ -224,10 +230,15 @@ realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'containerdn=cn=krb5', 'princ3'],
           expected_code=1, expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')
 realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'containerdn=cn=t1,cn=krb5',
            'princ3'])
 realm.run([kadminl, 'modprinc', '-x', 'containerdn=cn=t2,cn=krb5', 'princ3'],
           expected_code=1, expected_msg='containerdn option not supported')
+# Verify that containerdn is checked when linkdn is also supplied
+# (CVE-2018-5730).
+realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'containerdn=cn=krb5',
+           '-x', 'linkdn=cn=t2,cn=krb5', 'princ4'], expected_code=1,
+          expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')
 
 # Create and modify a ticket policy.
 kldaputil(['create_policy', '-maxtktlife', '3hour', '-maxrenewlife', '6hour',
            '-allow_forwardable', 'tktpol'])
 kldaputil(['modify_policy', '-maxtktlife', '4hour', '-maxrenewlife', '8hour',

Vulnerable code: #define  KDB_TL_USER_INFO      0x7ffe
    char                        **values=NULL, *strval[10]={NULL}, errbuf[1024];
    krb5_boolean                krb_identity_exists=FALSE, establish_links=FALSE;
        /* make sure the DN falls in the subtree */
        int              dnlen=0, subtreelen=0;
        char             *dn=NULL;
        krb5_boolean     outofsubtree=TRUE;

        if (xargs.dn != NULL) {
            dn = xargs.dn;
        } else if (xargs.linkdn != NULL) {
            dn = xargs.linkdn;
        } else if (standalone_principal_dn != NULL) {
            /*
             * Even though the standalone_principal_dn is constructed
             * within this function, there is the containerdn input
             * from the user that can become part of the it.
             */
            dn = standalone_principal_dn;
        }

        for (tre=0; tre<ntrees; ++tre) {
            if (subtreelist[tre] == NULL || strlen(subtreelist[tre]) == 0) {
                outofsubtree = FALSE;
                break;
            } else {
                dnlen = strlen (dn);
                subtreelen = strlen(subtreelist[tre]);
                if ((dnlen >= subtreelen) && (strcasecmp((dn + dnlen - subtreelen), subtreelist[tre]) == 0)) {
                    outofsubtree = FALSE;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        if (outofsubtree == TRUE) {
            st = EINVAL;
            k5_setmsg(context, st, _("DN is out of the realm subtree"));
        }

        /*
         * dn value will be set either by dn, linkdn or the standalone_principal_dn
         * In the first 2 cases, the dn should be existing and in the last case we
         * are supposed to create the ldap object. so the below should not be
         * executed for the last case.
         */

        if (standalone_principal_dn == NULL) {
            /*
             * If the ldap object is missing, this results in an error.
             */

            /*
             * Search for krbprincipalname attribute here.
             * This is to find if a kerberos identity is already present
             * on the ldap object, in which case adding a kerberos identity
             * on the ldap object should result in an error.
             */
            char  *attributes[]={"krbticketpolicyreference", "krbprincipalname", NULL};

            ldap_msgfree(result);
            result = NULL;
            LDAP_SEARCH_1(dn, LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, 0, attributes, IGNORE_STATUS);
            if (st == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
                ent = ldap_first_entry(ld, result);
                if (ent != NULL) {
                    if ((values=ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbticketpolicyreference")) != NULL) {
                        ldap_value_free(values);
                    }

                    if ((values=ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbprincipalname")) != NULL) {
                        krb_identity_exists = TRUE;
                        ldap_value_free(values);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                st = set_ldap_error(context, st, OP_SEARCH);
                goto cleanup;
            }
        }
    }

    /*
     * If xargs.dn is set then the request is to add a
     * kerberos principal on a ldap object, but if
     * there is one already on the ldap object this
     * should result in an error.
     */

    if (xargs.dn != NULL && krb_identity_exists == TRUE) {
        st = EINVAL;
        snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
                 _("ldap object is already kerberized"));
        k5_setmsg(context, st, "%s", errbuf);
        goto cleanup;
Fixed code:     if (mask & KADM5_TL_DATA) {
        for (tl_data_tail = entry->tl_data; tl_data_tail != NULL;
             tl_data_tail = tl_data_tail->tl_data_next) {
            if (tl_data_tail->tl_data_type < 256)
                return KADM5_BAD_TL_TYPE;
        }
    }
#define  KDB_TL_USER_INFO      0xff
static krb5_error_code
check_dn_in_container(krb5_context context, const char *dn,
                      char *const *subtrees, unsigned int ntrees)
{
    unsigned int i;
    size_t dnlen = strlen(dn), stlen;

    for (i = 0; i < ntrees; i++) {
        if (subtrees[i] == NULL || *subtrees[i] == '\0')
            return 0;
        stlen = strlen(subtrees[i]);
        if (dnlen >= stlen &&
            strcasecmp(dn + dnlen - stlen, subtrees[i]) == 0 &&
            (dnlen == stlen || dn[dnlen - stlen - 1] == ','))
            return 0;
    }

    k5_setmsg(context, EINVAL, _("DN is out of the realm subtree"));
    return EINVAL;
}

static krb5_error_code
check_dn_exists(krb5_context context,
                krb5_ldap_server_handle *ldap_server_handle,
                const char *dn, krb5_boolean nonkrb_only)
{
    krb5_error_code st = 0, tempst;
    krb5_ldap_context *ldap_context = context->dal_handle->db_context;
    LDAP *ld = ldap_server_handle->ldap_handle;
    LDAPMessage *result = NULL, *ent;
    char *attrs[] = { "krbticketpolicyreference", "krbprincipalname", NULL };
    char **values;

    LDAP_SEARCH_1(dn, LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, 0, attrs, IGNORE_STATUS);
    if (st != LDAP_SUCCESS)
        return set_ldap_error(context, st, OP_SEARCH);

    ent = ldap_first_entry(ld, result);
    CHECK_NULL(ent);

    values = ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbticketpolicyreference");
    if (values != NULL)
        ldap_value_free(values);

    values = ldap_get_values(ld, ent, "krbprincipalname");
    if (values != NULL) {
        ldap_value_free(values);
        if (nonkrb_only) {
            st = EINVAL;
            k5_setmsg(context, st, _("ldap object is already kerberized"));
            goto cleanup;
        }
    }

cleanup:
    ldap_msgfree(result);
    return st;
}

static krb5_error_code
validate_xargs(krb5_context context,
               krb5_ldap_server_handle *ldap_server_handle,
               const xargs_t *xargs, const char *standalone_dn,
               char *const *subtrees, unsigned int ntrees)
{
    krb5_error_code st;

    if (xargs->dn != NULL) {
        /* The supplied dn must be within a realm container. */
        st = check_dn_in_container(context, xargs->dn, subtrees, ntrees);
        if (st)
            return st;
        /* The supplied dn must exist without Kerberos attributes. */
        st = check_dn_exists(context, ldap_server_handle, xargs->dn, TRUE);
        if (st)
            return st;
    }

    if (xargs->linkdn != NULL) {
        /* The supplied linkdn must be within a realm container. */
        st = check_dn_in_container(context, xargs->linkdn, subtrees, ntrees);
        if (st)
            return st;
        /* The supplied linkdn must exist. */
        st = check_dn_exists(context, ldap_server_handle, xargs->linkdn,
                             FALSE);
        if (st)
            return st;
    }

    if (xargs->containerdn != NULL && standalone_dn != NULL) {
        /* standalone_dn (likely composed using containerdn) must be within a
         * container. */
        st = check_dn_in_container(context, standalone_dn, subtrees, ntrees);
        if (st)
            return st;
    }

    return 0;
}

    char                        *strval[10]={NULL}, errbuf[1024];
    krb5_boolean                establish_links=FALSE;
        st = validate_xargs(context, ldap_server_handle, &xargs,
                            standalone_principal_dn, subtreelist, ntrees);
        if (st)
# Check that the DN container check is a hierarchy test, not a simple
# suffix match (CVE-2018-5730).  We expect this operation to fail
# either way (because "xcn" isn't a valid DN tag) but the container
# check should happen before the DN is parsed.
realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'dn=xcn=t1,cn=krb5', 'princ1'],
          expected_code=1, expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')
# Verify that containerdn is checked when linkdn is also supplied
# (CVE-2018-5730).
realm.run([kadminl, 'ank', '-randkey', '-x', 'containerdn=cn=krb5',
           '-x', 'linkdn=cn=t2,cn=krb5', 'princ4'], expected_code=1,
          expected_msg='DN is out of the realm subtree')