[CXF-6492] AbstractHTTPDestination class incorrectly assume only one empty space after "Basic" in Authorization header value.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.16, 3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.6, 3.0.9, 3.2.0
• Component/s: JAX-RS
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Sergey Beryozkin
• Reporter: Sagara Gunathunga
• Created: 09/Jul/15 13:19
• Updated: 14/Oct/16 17:13
• Resolved: 24/Feb/16 16:05

Description

getAuthorizationPolicyFromMessage() method in AbstractHTTPDestination class incorrectly assume only one empty space after "Basic" in Authorization header value but one can send multiple empty spaces after "Basic" string or can skip the content after "Basic" string in both cases CXF returns Java exceptions along with stack trace to the client side.

case -1 : curl http://localhost:8080/hello/echo/hello -H "Authorization:Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=" ( 2 whitespace characters after "Basic" )

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:556)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.getAuthorizationPolicyFromMessage(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:167)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.setupMessage(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:385)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:236)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:234)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:208)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:160)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.invoke(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:171)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:293)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doGet(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:217)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:735)

case - 2 : curl http://localhost:8080/hello/echo/hello -H "Authorization:Basic" ( No content after "Basic")

Server Error</pre></p><h3>Caused by:</h3><pre>java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.getAuthorizationPolicyFromMessage(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:165)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.setupMessage(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:385)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:236)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:234)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:208)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:160)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.invoke(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:171)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:293)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doGet(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:217)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:735)