rspec/rules/S2078/java/rule.adoc

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== Noncompliant Code Example
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public boolean authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, DirContext ctx) throws NamingException {
String user = request.getParameter("user");
String pass = request.getParameter("pass");
String filter = "(&(uid=" + user + ")(userPassword=" + pass + "))"; // Unsafe
// If the special value "*)(uid=*))(|(uid=*" is passed as user, authentication is bypassed
// Indeed, if it is passed as a user, the filter becomes:
// (&(uid=*)(uid=*))(|(uid=*)(userPassword=...))
// as uid=* match all users, it is equivalent to:
// (|(uid=*)(userPassword=...))
// again, as uid=* match all users, the filter becomes useless
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> results = ctx.search("ou=system", filter, new SearchControls()); // Noncompliant
return results.hasMore();
}
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== Compliant Solution
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public boolean authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, DirContext ctx) throws NamingException {
String user = request.getParameter("user");
String pass = request.getParameter("pass");
String filter = "(&(uid={0})(userPassword={1}))"; // Safe
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> results = ctx.search("ou=system", filter, new String[]{user, pass}, new SearchControls());
return results.hasMore();
}
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== See
* https://owasp.org/Top10/A03_2021-Injection/[OWASP Top 10 2021 Category A3] - Injection
* https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10-2017_A1-Injection[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A1] - Injection
* https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4514.txt[RFC 4514] - LDAP: String Representation of Distinguished Names
* https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4515.txt[RFC 4515] - LDAP: String Representation of Search Filters
* https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/90.html[MITRE, CWE-90] - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')
* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/bjZGBQ[CERT, IDS54-J.] - Prevent LDAP injection
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== Implementation Specification
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== Comments And Links
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