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lib/server: Close connection when client app-level handshake fails

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This fixes the following security vulnerability:
 - CVE-2021-42075 DoS via file descriptor exhaustion

The issue has been reported by Matthias Gerstner <mgerstner@suse.de>.
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Povilas Kanapickas 2021-11-01 02:53:24 +02:00
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doc/newsfragments/close-failed-handshake-connections.bugfix Normal file
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SECURITY ISSUE
Barrier will now correctly close connections when the app-level handshake fails (fixes CVE-2021-42075).
Previously repeated failing connections would leak file descriptors leading to Barrier being unable
to receive new connections from clients.

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src/lib/server/ClientListener.cpp
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@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ ClientListener::handleUnknownClient(const Event&, void* vclient)
new TMethodEventJob<ClientListener>(this,
&ClientListener::handleClientDisconnected,
client));
} else {
auto* stream = unknownClient->getStream();
if (stream) {
stream->close();
}
}
// now finished with unknown client