James Moger
2015-11-22 ed552ba47c02779c270ffd62841d6d1048dade70
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/*
 * Copyright 2012 John Crygier
 * Copyright 2012 gitblit.com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.gitblit.auth;
 
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
import com.gitblit.Constants;
import com.gitblit.Constants.AccountType;
import com.gitblit.Constants.Role;
import com.gitblit.Keys;
import com.gitblit.auth.AuthenticationProvider.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationProvider;
import com.gitblit.models.TeamModel;
import com.gitblit.models.UserModel;
import com.gitblit.service.LdapSyncService;
import com.gitblit.utils.ArrayUtils;
import com.gitblit.utils.StringUtils;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Attribute;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.DereferencePolicy;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.ExtendedResult;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPConnection;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPException;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPSearchException;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.ResultCode;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchRequest;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResult;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResultEntry;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchScope;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SimpleBindRequest;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.extensions.StartTLSExtendedRequest;
import com.unboundid.util.ssl.SSLUtil;
import com.unboundid.util.ssl.TrustAllTrustManager;
 
/**
 * Implementation of an LDAP user service.
 *
 * @author John Crygier
 */
public class LdapAuthProvider extends UsernamePasswordAuthenticationProvider {
 
    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService;
 
    public LdapAuthProvider() {
        super("ldap");
 
        scheduledExecutorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
    }
 
     private long getSynchronizationPeriodInMilliseconds() {
         String period = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.syncPeriod, null);
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(period)) {
              period = settings.getString("realm.ldap.ldapCachePeriod", null);
              if (StringUtils.isEmpty(period)) {
                  period = "5 MINUTES";
              } else {
                  logger.warn("realm.ldap.ldapCachePeriod is obsolete!");
                  logger.warn(MessageFormat.format("Please set {0}={1} in gitblit.properties!", Keys.realm.ldap.syncPeriod, period));
                  settings.overrideSetting(Keys.realm.ldap.syncPeriod, period);
              }
         }
 
        try {
            final String[] s = period.split(" ", 2);
            long duration = Math.abs(Long.parseLong(s[0]));
            TimeUnit timeUnit = TimeUnit.valueOf(s[1]);
            return timeUnit.toMillis(duration);
        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(Keys.realm.ldap.syncPeriod + " must have format '<long> <TimeUnit>' where <TimeUnit> is one of 'MILLISECONDS', 'SECONDS', 'MINUTES', 'HOURS', 'DAYS'");
        }
    }
 
    @Override
    public void setup() {
        configureSyncService();
    }
 
    @Override
    public void stop() {
        scheduledExecutorService.shutdownNow();
    }
 
    public synchronized void sync() {
        final boolean enabled = settings.getBoolean(Keys.realm.ldap.synchronize, false);
        if (enabled) {
            logger.info("Synchronizing with LDAP @ " + settings.getRequiredString(Keys.realm.ldap.server));
            final boolean deleteRemovedLdapUsers = settings.getBoolean(Keys.realm.ldap.removeDeletedUsers, true);
            LDAPConnection ldapConnection = getLdapConnection();
            if (ldapConnection != null) {
                try {
                    String accountBase = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.accountBase, "");
                    String uidAttribute = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.uid, "uid");
                    String accountPattern = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.accountPattern, "(&(objectClass=person)(sAMAccountName=${username}))");
                    accountPattern = StringUtils.replace(accountPattern, "${username}", "*");
 
                    SearchResult result = doSearch(ldapConnection, accountBase, accountPattern);
                    if (result != null && result.getEntryCount() > 0) {
                        final Map<String, UserModel> ldapUsers = new HashMap<String, UserModel>();
 
                        for (SearchResultEntry loggingInUser : result.getSearchEntries()) {
                            Attribute uid = loggingInUser.getAttribute(uidAttribute);
                            if (uid == null) {
                                logger.error("Can not synchronize with LDAP, missing \"{}\" attribute", uidAttribute);
                                continue;
                            }
                            final String username = uid.getValue();
                            logger.debug("LDAP synchronizing: " + username);
 
                            UserModel user = userManager.getUserModel(username);
                            if (user == null) {
                                user = new UserModel(username);
                            }
 
                            if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                                getTeamsFromLdap(ldapConnection, username, loggingInUser, user);
                            }
 
                            // Get User Attributes
                            setUserAttributes(user, loggingInUser);
 
                            // store in map
                            ldapUsers.put(username.toLowerCase(), user);
                        }
 
                        if (deleteRemovedLdapUsers) {
                            logger.debug("detecting removed LDAP users...");
 
                            for (UserModel userModel : userManager.getAllUsers()) {
                                if (AccountType.LDAP == userModel.accountType) {
                                    if (!ldapUsers.containsKey(userModel.username)) {
                                        logger.info("deleting removed LDAP user " + userModel.username + " from user service");
                                        userManager.deleteUser(userModel.username);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
 
                        userManager.updateUserModels(ldapUsers.values());
 
                        if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                            final Map<String, TeamModel> userTeams = new HashMap<String, TeamModel>();
                            for (UserModel user : ldapUsers.values()) {
                                for (TeamModel userTeam : user.teams) {
                                    userTeams.put(userTeam.name, userTeam);
                                }
                            }
                            userManager.updateTeamModels(userTeams.values());
                        }
                    }
                    if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                        getEmptyTeamsFromLdap(ldapConnection);
                    }
                } finally {
                    ldapConnection.close();
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    private LDAPConnection getLdapConnection() {
        try {
 
            URI ldapUrl = new URI(settings.getRequiredString(Keys.realm.ldap.server));
            String ldapHost = ldapUrl.getHost();
            int ldapPort = ldapUrl.getPort();
            String bindUserName = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.username, "");
            String bindPassword = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.password, "");
 
            LDAPConnection conn;
            if (ldapUrl.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("ldaps")) {
                // SSL
                SSLUtil sslUtil = new SSLUtil(new TrustAllTrustManager());
                conn = new LDAPConnection(sslUtil.createSSLSocketFactory());
                if (ldapPort == -1) {
                    ldapPort = 636;
                }
            } else if (ldapUrl.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("ldap") || ldapUrl.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("ldap+tls")) {
                // no encryption or StartTLS
                conn = new LDAPConnection();
                 if (ldapPort == -1) {
                     ldapPort = 389;
                 }
            } else {
                logger.error("Unsupported LDAP URL scheme: " + ldapUrl.getScheme());
                return null;
            }
 
            conn.connect(ldapHost, ldapPort);
 
            if (ldapUrl.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("ldap+tls")) {
                SSLUtil sslUtil = new SSLUtil(new TrustAllTrustManager());
                ExtendedResult extendedResult = conn.processExtendedOperation(
                        new StartTLSExtendedRequest(sslUtil.createSSLContext()));
                if (extendedResult.getResultCode() != ResultCode.SUCCESS) {
                    throw new LDAPException(extendedResult.getResultCode());
                }
            }
 
            if (StringUtils.isEmpty(bindUserName) && StringUtils.isEmpty(bindPassword)) {
                // anonymous bind
                conn.bind(new SimpleBindRequest());
            } else {
                // authenticated bind
                conn.bind(new SimpleBindRequest(bindUserName, bindPassword));
            }
 
            return conn;
 
        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
            logger.error("Bad LDAP URL, should be in the form: ldap(s|+tls)://<server>:<port>", e);
        } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
            logger.error("Unable to create SSL Connection", e);
        } catch (LDAPException e) {
            logger.error("Error Connecting to LDAP", e);
        }
 
        return null;
    }
 
    /**
     * Credentials are defined in the LDAP server and can not be manipulated
     * from Gitblit.
     *
     * @return false
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    @Override
    public boolean supportsCredentialChanges() {
        return false;
    }
 
    /**
     * If no displayName pattern is defined then Gitblit can manage the display name.
     *
     * @return true if Gitblit can manage the user display name
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    @Override
    public boolean supportsDisplayNameChanges() {
        return StringUtils.isEmpty(settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.displayName, ""));
    }
 
    /**
     * If no email pattern is defined then Gitblit can manage the email address.
     *
     * @return true if Gitblit can manage the user email address
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    @Override
    public boolean supportsEmailAddressChanges() {
        return StringUtils.isEmpty(settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.email, ""));
    }
 
    /**
     * If the LDAP server will maintain team memberships then LdapUserService
     * will not allow team membership changes.  In this scenario all team
     * changes must be made on the LDAP server by the LDAP administrator.
     *
     * @return true or false
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    @Override
    public boolean supportsTeamMembershipChanges() {
        return !settings.getBoolean(Keys.realm.ldap.maintainTeams, false);
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean supportsRoleChanges(UserModel user, Role role) {
        if (Role.ADMIN == role) {
            if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                List<String> admins = settings.getStrings(Keys.realm.ldap.admins);
                if (admins.contains(user.username)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean supportsRoleChanges(TeamModel team, Role role) {
        if (Role.ADMIN == role) {
            if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                List<String> admins = settings.getStrings(Keys.realm.ldap.admins);
                if (admins.contains("@" + team.name)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
 
    @Override
    public AccountType getAccountType() {
         return AccountType.LDAP;
    }
 
    @Override
    public UserModel authenticate(String username, char[] password) {
        String simpleUsername = getSimpleUsername(username);
 
        LDAPConnection ldapConnection = getLdapConnection();
        if (ldapConnection != null) {
            try {
                boolean alreadyAuthenticated = false;
 
                String bindPattern = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.bindpattern, "");
                if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(bindPattern)) {
                    try {
                        String bindUser = StringUtils.replace(bindPattern, "${username}", escapeLDAPSearchFilter(simpleUsername));
                        ldapConnection.bind(bindUser, new String(password));
 
                        alreadyAuthenticated = true;
                    } catch (LDAPException e) {
                        return null;
                    }
                }
 
                // Find the logging in user's DN
                String accountBase = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.accountBase, "");
                String accountPattern = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.accountPattern, "(&(objectClass=person)(sAMAccountName=${username}))");
                accountPattern = StringUtils.replace(accountPattern, "${username}", escapeLDAPSearchFilter(simpleUsername));
 
                SearchResult result = doSearch(ldapConnection, accountBase, accountPattern);
                if (result != null && result.getEntryCount() == 1) {
                    SearchResultEntry loggingInUser = result.getSearchEntries().get(0);
                    String loggingInUserDN = loggingInUser.getDN();
 
                    if (alreadyAuthenticated || isAuthenticated(ldapConnection, loggingInUserDN, new String(password))) {
                        logger.debug("LDAP authenticated: " + username);
 
                        UserModel user = null;
                        synchronized (this) {
                            user = userManager.getUserModel(simpleUsername);
                            if (user == null) {
                                // create user object for new authenticated user
                                user = new UserModel(simpleUsername);
                            }
 
                            // create a user cookie
                            setCookie(user, password);
 
                            if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                                getTeamsFromLdap(ldapConnection, simpleUsername, loggingInUser, user);
                            }
 
                            // Get User Attributes
                            setUserAttributes(user, loggingInUser);
 
                            // Push the ldap looked up values to backing file
                            updateUser(user);
 
                            if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
                                for (TeamModel userTeam : user.teams) {
                                    updateTeam(userTeam);
                                }
                            }
                        }
 
                        return user;
                    }
                }
            } finally {
                ldapConnection.close();
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
 
    /**
     * Set the admin attribute from team memberships retrieved from LDAP.
     * If we are not storing teams in LDAP and/or we have not defined any
     * administrator teams, then do not change the admin flag.
     *
     * @param user
     */
    private void setAdminAttribute(UserModel user) {
        if (!supportsTeamMembershipChanges()) {
            List<String> admins = settings.getStrings(Keys.realm.ldap.admins);
            // if we have defined administrative teams, then set admin flag
            // otherwise leave admin flag unchanged
            if (!ArrayUtils.isEmpty(admins)) {
                user.canAdmin = false;
                for (String admin : admins) {
                    if (admin.startsWith("@") && user.isTeamMember(admin.substring(1))) {
                        // admin team
                        user.canAdmin = true;
                    } else if (user.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(admin)) {
                        // admin user
                        user.canAdmin = true;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    private void setUserAttributes(UserModel user, SearchResultEntry userEntry) {
        // Is this user an admin?
        setAdminAttribute(user);
 
        // Don't want visibility into the real password, make up a dummy
        user.password = Constants.EXTERNAL_ACCOUNT;
        user.accountType = getAccountType();
 
        // Get full name Attribute
        String displayName = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.displayName, "");
        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(displayName)) {
            // Replace embedded ${} with attributes
            if (displayName.contains("${")) {
                for (Attribute userAttribute : userEntry.getAttributes()) {
                    displayName = StringUtils.replace(displayName, "${" + userAttribute.getName() + "}", userAttribute.getValue());
                }
                user.displayName = displayName;
            } else {
                Attribute attribute = userEntry.getAttribute(displayName);
                if (attribute != null && attribute.hasValue()) {
                    user.displayName = attribute.getValue();
                }
            }
        }
 
        // Get email address Attribute
        String email = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.email, "");
        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(email)) {
            if (email.contains("${")) {
                for (Attribute userAttribute : userEntry.getAttributes()) {
                    email = StringUtils.replace(email, "${" + userAttribute.getName() + "}", userAttribute.getValue());
                }
                user.emailAddress = email;
            } else {
                Attribute attribute = userEntry.getAttribute(email);
                if (attribute != null && attribute.hasValue()) {
                    user.emailAddress = attribute.getValue();
                } else {
                    // issue-456/ticket-134
                    // allow LDAP to delete an email address
                    user.emailAddress = null;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    private void getTeamsFromLdap(LDAPConnection ldapConnection, String simpleUsername, SearchResultEntry loggingInUser, UserModel user) {
        String loggingInUserDN = loggingInUser.getDN();
 
        // Clear the users team memberships - we're going to get them from LDAP
        user.teams.clear();
 
        String groupBase = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.groupBase, "");
        String groupMemberPattern = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.groupMemberPattern, "(&(objectClass=group)(member=${dn}))");
 
        groupMemberPattern = StringUtils.replace(groupMemberPattern, "${dn}", escapeLDAPSearchFilter(loggingInUserDN));
        groupMemberPattern = StringUtils.replace(groupMemberPattern, "${username}", escapeLDAPSearchFilter(simpleUsername));
 
        // Fill in attributes into groupMemberPattern
        for (Attribute userAttribute : loggingInUser.getAttributes()) {
            groupMemberPattern = StringUtils.replace(groupMemberPattern, "${" + userAttribute.getName() + "}", escapeLDAPSearchFilter(userAttribute.getValue()));
        }
 
        SearchResult teamMembershipResult = doSearch(ldapConnection, groupBase, true, groupMemberPattern, Arrays.asList("cn"));
        if (teamMembershipResult != null && teamMembershipResult.getEntryCount() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < teamMembershipResult.getEntryCount(); i++) {
                SearchResultEntry teamEntry = teamMembershipResult.getSearchEntries().get(i);
                String teamName = teamEntry.getAttribute("cn").getValue();
 
                TeamModel teamModel = userManager.getTeamModel(teamName);
                if (teamModel == null) {
                    teamModel = createTeamFromLdap(teamEntry);
                }
 
                user.teams.add(teamModel);
                teamModel.addUser(user.getName());
            }
        }
    }
 
    private void getEmptyTeamsFromLdap(LDAPConnection ldapConnection) {
        logger.info("Start fetching empty teams from ldap.");
        String groupBase = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.groupBase, "");
        String groupMemberPattern = settings.getString(Keys.realm.ldap.groupEmptyMemberPattern, "(&(objectClass=group)(!(member=*)))");
 
        SearchResult teamMembershipResult = doSearch(ldapConnection, groupBase, true, groupMemberPattern, null);
        if (teamMembershipResult != null && teamMembershipResult.getEntryCount() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < teamMembershipResult.getEntryCount(); i++) {
                SearchResultEntry teamEntry = teamMembershipResult.getSearchEntries().get(i);
                if (!teamEntry.hasAttribute("member")) {
                    String teamName = teamEntry.getAttribute("cn").getValue();
 
                    TeamModel teamModel = userManager.getTeamModel(teamName);
                    if (teamModel == null) {
                        teamModel = createTeamFromLdap(teamEntry);
                        userManager.updateTeamModel(teamModel);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        logger.info("Finished fetching empty teams from ldap.");
    }
 
    private TeamModel createTeamFromLdap(SearchResultEntry teamEntry) {
        TeamModel answer = new TeamModel(teamEntry.getAttributeValue("cn"));
        answer.accountType = getAccountType();
        // potentially retrieve other attributes here in the future
 
        return answer;
    }
 
    private SearchResult doSearch(LDAPConnection ldapConnection, String base, String filter) {
        try {
            return ldapConnection.search(base, SearchScope.SUB, filter);
        } catch (LDAPSearchException e) {
            logger.error("Problem Searching LDAP", e);
 
            return null;
        }
    }
 
    private SearchResult doSearch(LDAPConnection ldapConnection, String base, boolean dereferenceAliases, String filter, List<String> attributes) {
        try {
            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(base, SearchScope.SUB, filter);
            if (dereferenceAliases) {
                searchRequest.setDerefPolicy(DereferencePolicy.SEARCHING);
            }
            if (attributes != null) {
                searchRequest.setAttributes(attributes);
            }
            return ldapConnection.search(searchRequest);
 
        } catch (LDAPSearchException e) {
            logger.error("Problem Searching LDAP", e);
 
            return null;
        } catch (LDAPException e) {
            logger.error("Problem creating LDAP search", e);
            return null;
        }
    }
 
    private boolean isAuthenticated(LDAPConnection ldapConnection, String userDn, String password) {
        try {
            // Binding will stop any LDAP-Injection Attacks since the searched-for user needs to bind to that DN
            ldapConnection.bind(userDn, password);
            return true;
        } catch (LDAPException e) {
            logger.error("Error authenticating user", e);
            return false;
        }
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns a simple username without any domain prefixes.
     *
     * @param username
     * @return a simple username
     */
    protected String getSimpleUsername(String username) {
        int lastSlash = username.lastIndexOf('\\');
        if (lastSlash > -1) {
            username = username.substring(lastSlash + 1);
        }
 
        return username;
    }
 
    // From: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Preventing_LDAP_Injection_in_Java
    public static final String escapeLDAPSearchFilter(String filter) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < filter.length(); i++) {
            char curChar = filter.charAt(i);
            switch (curChar) {
            case '\\':
                sb.append("\\5c");
                break;
            case '*':
                sb.append("\\2a");
                break;
            case '(':
                sb.append("\\28");
                break;
            case ')':
                sb.append("\\29");
                break;
            case '\u0000':
                sb.append("\\00");
                break;
            default:
                sb.append(curChar);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
 
    private void configureSyncService() {
        LdapSyncService ldapSyncService = new LdapSyncService(settings, this);
        if (ldapSyncService.isReady()) {
            long ldapSyncPeriod = getSynchronizationPeriodInMilliseconds();
            int delay = 1;
            logger.info("Ldap sync service will update users and groups every {} minutes.",
                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(ldapSyncPeriod));
            scheduledExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(ldapSyncService, delay, ldapSyncPeriod,  TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
        } else {
            logger.info("Ldap sync service is disabled.");
        }
    }
 
}