[KDE/Mac] Review Request 120431: Fix and future-proof Dr Konqi security methods on Bugzilla

[Thomas Lübking]

> On Okt. 7, 2014, 1:13 nachm., Thomas Lübking wrote:
> > My 2¢
> > Bugzilla will require an update anyway and that means at some point it'll be (then "silently") broken in KDE SC4 again and somebody has to step up and fix it with another patch.
> > In the meantime we've diverging codebases for KDE 4 & 5 - meh.
> > 
> > I agree with Albert that this patch looks a bit scaringly complex (at least compared to Frédéric's patch), but believe that the complexity can be vastly reduced and like a forward compatible and 4+5 common patch better.
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> Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>     You have a point here, if it's possible that Frédéric's patch gets broken in the timeframe we still have users around using kde-runtime4 then that would be a good reason to use this patch. I'd appreciate an assesment on how much more future-proof this patch is versus Frédéric's one.

Afaiu it will "break" when the bugzilla server upgrades to 5.0 (the token security model will be dropped) but I could not find a schedule for future bugzilla releases (nor know about bugs.kde.org update policy)

-> Ben?

If "users around using kde-runtime4" is the critical condition, this seems a likely threat, though (given eg. RHEL lifetimes - RHEL7 extended support ends 2027 ;-)


- Thomas


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On Okt. 7, 2014, 7:42 vorm., Ian Wadham wrote:
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> (Updated Okt. 7, 2014, 7:42 vorm.)
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> Review request for KDE Software on Mac OS X, KDE Runtime, Ben Cooksley, Darío Andrés Rodríguez, George Kiagiadakis, Jekyll Wu, and Matthias Fuchs.
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> Bugs: 337742
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337742
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> Repository: kde-runtime
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> Description
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> When bugs.kde.org changed over to Bugzilla 4.4.5 in July 2014, the security method used by Bugzilla changed from cookies to tokens that had to be supplied as parameters with every secure remote-procedure call. Further changes to security methods have been announced by Bugzilla and are documented for unstable 4.5.x versions of Bugzilla software. Tokens will be deprecated and then discontinued. When this happens, Dr Konqi will need to supply a user-login name and a password with every secure remote-procedure call. Furthermore, the traditional "User.login" call presently used by Dr Konqi will be deprecated and discontinued.
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> This patch fixes the tokens problem, which has given rise to several bug reports https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337742 and duplicates. It also provides for automatic switching to passwords-only security as and when the Bugzilla version changes again. This uses
> a general data-driven approach which can be easily updated, ahead of time, next time Bugzilla announces a change that affects Dr Konqi, whether it be in security methods or some other feature.
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> NOTES:
> 1. This patch is intended to be forward-portable to Frameworks/KF5, but I work on Apple OS X, where it is not yet possible to run Frameworks/KF5 and do the porting and testing. So could someone else please do it?
> 2. Another Review Request https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120376/ addresses the tokens issue only, but it should be reviewed and shipped as a matter of urgency, both in KDE 4 and Frameworks, the next bug-fixing release for KDE 4.14 being due for tagging on Thursday, 9 October. That will leave more time for this review (120431) of my more long-term and more general patch.
> 3. The passwords-only part of my patch is currently storing the password in clear. Suggestions re encryption are welcomed --- or the code could be changed to make use of KWalletD mandatory (but that might not be fully portable to all platforms).
> 4. When the Bugzilla call "User.login" is discontinued, some re-sequencing of the flow of KAssistantDialog pages will be needed. I have not attempted to do that at this stage. Probably the entry of the user name and password should be delayed until the report has been accepted by the Dr Konqi logic and it is just about to be sent to bugs.kde.org or attached to an existing bug report.
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> REFERENCES:
> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/
> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/en/html/api/Bugzilla/WebService.html#LOGGING_IN Bugzilla 4.5.x (future) API doco re security
> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/4.4/en/html/api/Bugzilla/WebService.html#LOGGING_IN Bugzilla 4.4.5 (current) API doco re security
> http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/en/html/api/Bugzilla/WebService/User.html#login User.login will be DEPRECATED in 4.5.x
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> Diffs
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>   drkonqi/bugzillalib.h 570169b 
>   drkonqi/bugzillalib.cpp f74753c 
>   drkonqi/reportassistantpages_bugzilla.h b7af5b8 
>   drkonqi/reportassistantpages_bugzilla.cpp 22183f0 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120431/diff/
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> Testing
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> Used the bugstest.kde.org database and KDE 4 master on KDE/kde-runtime repository.
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> Tested a range of version numbers (see commented-out test data) against a range of 5 or 6 hypothetical and real Bugzilla versions at which things could or will change. This was to test the basic version-checking and feature-choosing algorithm.
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> Tested submitting both full reports and attached reports, using both the token method and the passwords-only method.
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> Also tested with KWalletD supplying the username and password on Dr Konqi's login dialog.
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> Thanks,
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> Ian Wadham
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