Re: X11forwarding yes: how to debug/setup after xauth fix

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On 13/10/2017 08:03, Damien Miller wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017, Michael Felt wrote:

On 08/10/2017 23:32, Michael Felt wrote:
On 04/10/2017 11:07, Michael Felt wrote:
I do not often use X11 - but when I do I prefer to enable
X11forwarding, and when finished - turn it off. This is preferable,
imho, to having "clear" X11 processing when local - and otherwise
impossible when working remote.

Working with openssh-7.5p2 I cannot figure out what (extra) I need to
do with sshd_config to get it working.

I know that there is a security-fix starting with openssh-7.2
(https://www.openssh.com/security.html, March 9, 2016) - and when I
load any version of openssh prior to Openssh-7.2 I get the expected
X11 behavior over an ssh(d) X11forwarding tunnel.

So, what should I be looking at on my server or client-side. Is there
a different setting I should be using? I am still using the "putty"
setting of: MIT-Magic-Cookie-1. (I'll test, in a moment using
XDM-Authorization-1). However, the hint I am hoping for is the flag
to set for sshd (e.g., -ddddd) and what debug string - to see if
X11forwarding is attempted, and if so, why it is rejected by the sshd.

Again - no changes to client-side - openssh-7.1 and earlier work,
openssh-7.2 and later do not.

If you need more verbose debug data - please say what you need
specifically.
No comments? Is the data in the wrong format?

IMHO - any comment is better than no comment. If it will take time - I
will wait. But being held up because the data is wrong - and noone
saying so - is counterproductive.
I took a look at it and can't see any obvious error, nor could I reproduce
the failure with 7.6p1 locally.

Looking at the server log:

debug3: receive packet: type 98
debug1: server_input_channel_req: channel 0 request x11-req reply 1
debug1: session_by_channel: session 0 channel 0
debug1: session_input_channel_req: session 0 req x11-req
sshd receives the request

debug3: send packet: type 4
sshd sends a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG back to client, probably indicating
why the request failed

debug3: send packet: type 100
sshd sends SSH2_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE.

The debug message would probably give you the reason it fails. You could
try to wheedle it out of PuTTY,
I'll try an iptrace trace - to see what putty is masking with XXXXX.
apply the patch below to have it shown
at LogLevel=debug3 or try to guess which of one of likely ones it is
from session.c:session_setup_x11fwd()

packet_send_debug("X11 forwarding disabled in user configuration file.");
packet_send_debug("X11 forwarding disabled in server configuration file.");
packet_send_debug("No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.");
packet_send_debug("Can't get IP address for X11 DISPLAY.");

My 'quess' is that it somehow related to 'auth' - as there was a security-fix for auth that was introduced in version 7.2 (as I mentioned before: https://www.openssh.com/security.html, March 9, 2016) and https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2p2

 * sshd(8): sanitise X11 authentication credentials to avoid xauth
   command injection when X11Forwarding is enabled.

My guess is that AIX is still sending either one of '\n', '\r', or even both.

-d

diff --git a/packet.c b/packet.c
index f114ea52..5dda4243 100644
--- a/packet.c
+++ b/packet.c
@@ -1774,6 +1774,8 @@ ssh_packet_send_debug(struct ssh *ssh, const char *fmt,...)
  	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
  	va_end(args);
+ debug3("sending debug message: %s", buf);
+
Will also try this!
  	if ((r = sshpkt_start(ssh, SSH2_MSG_DEBUG)) != 0 ||
  	    (r = sshpkt_put_u8(ssh, 0)) != 0 || /* always display */
  	    (r = sshpkt_put_cstring(ssh, buf)) != 0 ||
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