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[jira] [Resolved] (AMQ-3598) Unprivileged users can receive
messages from a protected topic when using wildcards in destination
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3598?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Timothy Bish resolved AMQ-3598.
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Resolution: Fixed
Ran the included tests against a 5.12-SNAPSHOT build and all works as expected. There has been some work in this area for other MQTT and related issues.
> Unprivileged users can receive messages from a protected topic when using wildcards in destination
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: AMQ-3598
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3598
> Project: ActiveMQ
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Broker
> Affects Versions: 5.5.0, 5.5.1
> Environment: OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8
> JRE/JDK: 1.6.0_29
> ActiveMQ: 5.5.0
> Reporter: Thorsten Panitz
> Labels: authorization, security
> Fix For: 5.12.0
>
> Attachments: AMQ-3598.patch, ActiveMQAuthorizationBug.zip
>
>
> A consumer can receive messages from protected queues/topics if he uses a Destination which contains a wildcard as described [here|http://activemq.apache.org/wildcards.html]:
> {code:language=java}
> Destination queue = new ActiveMQQueue("messages.>");
> Destination topic = new ActiveMQTopic(">");
> {code}
> We are using the default authentication/authorization system as described in [Security Authentication/Authorization|http://activemq.apache.org/security.html#Security-Authorization] with the following configuration:
> {code:title=broker.xml|language=xml}
> <plugins>
> <simpleAuthenticationPlugin>
> <users>
> <authenticationUser
> username="admin"
> password="admin"
> groups="admins"/>
> <authenticationUser
> username="user"
> password="user"
> groups="users"/>
> </users>
> </simpleAuthenticationPlugin>
> <authorizationPlugin>
> <map>
> <authorizationMap>
> <authorizationEntries>
> <authorizationEntry topic="messages.>"
> read="admins"
> write="admins"
> admin="admins"/>
> <authorizationEntry topic="messages.cat2"
> read="admins"
> write="admins"
> admin="admins"/>
> <authorizationEntry topic="messages.cat1"
> read="admins, users"
> write="admins, users"
> admin="admins, users"/>
> <authorizationEntry topic="ActiveMQ.Advisory.>"
> read="admins, users"
> write="admins, users"
> admin="admins, users"/>
> </authorizationEntries>
> </authorizationMap>
> </map>
> </authorizationPlugin>
> </plugins>
> {code}
> As exepected, clients connecting as "user" to the topic "messages.cat2" get an exception ("User user is not authorized to read from: topic://messages.cat2"). Suprisingly "user" can receive messages from topic "messages.cat2" if he creates a consumer with the destination "messages.>":
> {code:title=consumer.java|language=java}
> final Destination destination = new ActiveMQTopic("messages.>");
> final Connection conn = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("user", "user", BROKER_URL).createConnection();
> final Session session = conn.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
> final MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination);
> conn.start();
> closure.run();
> final Message message = consumer.receive(TIMEOUT);
> session.close();
> conn.close();
> {code}
> IMHO this behaviour is a security problem as an unprivileged user can receive messages from a protected topic or queue!
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