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CSHARP.INSEC.LDAP.ANON : Anonymous LDAP Authentication (C#)

Summary

LDAP authentication is set to anonymous, thus compromising security.

This checker identifies security issues related to authentication procedures, such as using no password for LDAP authentication or using the host name in conditions.

Properties

Class Name Anonymous LDAP Authentication (C#)
Significance security
Mnemonic CSHARP.INSEC.LDAP.ANON
Categories
CWE CWE:1390 Weak Authentication
OWASP-2017 OWASP-2017:A2 Broken authentication
OWASP-2021 OWASP-2021:A7 Identification and authorization failures
OWASP-2025 OWASP-2025:A07 Authentication Failures
Availability Available for C# only.
Enabling Checks for this warning class are enabled by default. To disable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the project configuration file.
WARNING_FILTER += discard class="Anonymous LDAP Authentication (C#)"

Example

using com.juliasoft.julia.checkers;
using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.Net;

namespace DocumentationExamples
{

  public class Authentication
  {
    [SuppressJuliaWarnings(Value = new string[] { "production", "basicnullness", "shortcircuit", "nullness" })]
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      bool found = false;
      IPAddress[] addrs = Dns.GetHostAddresses("www.example.com");
      foreach (IPAddress addr in addrs)
      {
        // these call to ToString() get compiled as Object.ToString(). Hence, these warnings appear
        // only if System.Net.dll is submittet as a library. Otherwise, the analyzer cannot link these call
        // to the actual one that is annotated inside the wizards
        if (addr.ToString().Equals("231.13.35.1"))                                   // Hostname in Condition (C#) warning issued here
          found = true;
        else if ("112.34.5.103".Equals(addr.ToString()))                             // Hostname in Condition (C#) warning issued here
          found = true;
        found |= addr.ToString().StartsWith("131.");                                 // Hostname in Condition (C#) warning issued here
      }
      if (found)
        Console.WriteLine("OK");

      DirectoryEntry dir = new DirectoryEntry("ldap://localhost:389/o=JNDITutorial") // Anonymous LDAP Authentication (C#)
                                                                                     //  warning issued here - LDAP password is set to none
      {
        AuthenticationType = AuthenticationTypes.None
      };
      DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(dir)
      {
        PageSize = int.MaxValue,
        Filter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=AnAccountName))"
      };
      searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sn");
      searcher.FindOne();
    }
  }
}

Resolution

Check if the warning actually corresponds to a real security issue related to authentication and, if that is the case, use a more secure authentication procedure.

Relevant Configuration File Parameters

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.

 

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