[jira] [Created] (HBASE-21275) Thrift Server (branch 1 fix) -> Disable TRACE HTTP method for thrift http server (branch 1 only)

["Wellington Chevreuil (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Wellington Chevreuil created HBASE-21275:
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             Summary: Thrift Server (branch 1 fix) -> Disable TRACE HTTP method for thrift http server (branch 1 only)
                 Key: HBASE-21275
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21275
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Thrift
            Reporter: Wellington Chevreuil
            Assignee: Wellington Chevreuil
             Fix For: 1.2.7


There's been a reasonable number of users running thrift http server on hbase 1.x suffering with security audit tests pointing thrift server allows TRACE requests.

After doing some search, I can see HBASE-20406 added restrictions for TRACE/OPTIONS method when Thrift is running over http, but it relies on many other commits applied to thrift http server. This patch was later reverted from master. Then again later, HBASE-20004 had made TRACE/OPTIONS configurable via "*hbase.thrift.http.allow.options.method*" property, with both methods being disabled by default. This also seems to rely on many changes applied to thrift http server, and a branch 1 compatible patch does not seem feasible.

A solution for branch 1 is pretty simple though, am proposing a patch that simply uses *WebAppContext*, instead of *Context*, as the context for the *HttpServer* instance. *WebAppContext* will already restrict TRACE methods by default.



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