[tac_plus] pam_ldap accepting blank passwords

[Lee, Raymond]

Hi,

Anyone out there running tac_plus on Ubuntu with pam_ldap?  I installed libnss-ldapd, libpam-ldapd, nscd, and nslcd.

Things seem to be working OK for the most part:
- I can authenticate against our LDAP server when I give a valid LDAP username and password.
- I get denied access as expected if I give a valid LDAP username but a bad password.
- I get denied access as expected if I give an invalid LDAP username.

However, if I give a valid LDAP username and a blank password, it lets me in -- not good!  Seems like the LDAP server is accepting this as an anonymous bind.


My /etc/pam.d/tac_plus looks like this:

        auth    required        pam_ldap.so
        account required        pam_ldap.so



My /etc/nslcd.conf looks like this:

        # /etc/nslcd.conf
        # nslcd configuration file. See nslcd.conf(5)
        # for details.

        # The user and group nslcd should run as.
        uid nslcd
        gid nslcd

        # The location at which the LDAP server(s) should be reachable.
        uri ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636 ldaps://10.2.3.4:1636

        # The search base that will be used for all queries.
        base ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com

        filter passwd (objectclass=mnetperson)

        # The LDAP protocol version to use.
        #ldap_version 3

        # The DN to bind with for normal lookups.
        binddn uid=proxyuser,ou=people,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com
        bindpw ***********

        # SSL options
        #ssl off
        tls_reqcert never

        # The search scope.
        #scope sub



When I run 'nslcd -d' for debugging and try to authenticate with a blank password, I see this:


nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: connection from pid=18477 uid=0 gid=0
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: nslcd_pam_authc("leeraym","","tac_plus","")
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: myldap_search(base="ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com", filter="(&(objectclass=mnetperson)(uid=leeraym))")
nslcd: [e87ccd] ldap_result() failed: Can't contact LDAP server
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_abandon()
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_unbind()
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: myldap_get_entry(): retry search
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_initialize(ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_rebind_proc()
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,3)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_DEREF,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_TIMELIMIT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS,LDAP_OPT_ON)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_RESTART,LDAP_OPT_ON)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_X_TLS,LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_HARD)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_simple_bind_s("uid=proxyuser,ou=people,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com","*****") (uri="ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636")
nslcd: [e87ccd] connected to LDAP server ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_initialize(ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_rebind_proc()
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,3)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_DEREF,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_TIMELIMIT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT,0)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS,LDAP_OPT_ON)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_RESTART,LDAP_OPT_ON)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_X_TLS,LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_HARD)
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_simple_bind_s("uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com",empty) (uri="ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636")
nslcd: [e87ccd] connected to LDAP server ldaps://10.1.5.7:1636
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: myldap_search(base="uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com", filter="(objectclass=mnetperson)")
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_result(): end of results
nslcd: [e87ccd] DEBUG: ldap_unbind()
nslcd: [1b58ba] DEBUG: connection from pid=18477 uid=0 gid=0
nslcd: [1b58ba] DEBUG: nslcd_pam_authz("leeraym","uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com","tac_plus","","","")



The last few lines of the debug look slightly different when I login using a valid username and password:

<snip>
nslcd: [7ed7ab] DEBUG: ldap_simple_bind_s("uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com","*****") (uri="ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636")
nslcd: [7ed7ab] connected to LDAP server ldaps://10.1.2.3:1636
nslcd: [7ed7ab] DEBUG: myldap_search(base="uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com", filter="(objectclass=mnetperson)")
nslcd: [7ed7ab] DEBUG: ldap_unbind()
nslcd: [b141f2] DEBUG: connection from pid=18484 uid=0 gid=0
nslcd: [b141f2] DEBUG: nslcd_pam_authz("leeraym","uid=leeraym,ou=People,dc=mnet,dc=qintra,dc=com","tac_plus","","","")



Has anyone run into this behavior before?  Maybe I could resolve this if I had something above pam_ldap in my PAM stack that would check to make sure the password isn't blank?

Thanks,
Ray

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