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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+
+import attr
+import saml2
+from saml2.client import Saml2Client
+
+from synapse.api.errors import CodeMessageException
+from synapse.http.servlet import parse_string
+from synapse.rest.client.v1.login import SSOAuthHandler
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SamlHandler:
+ def __init__(self, hs):
+ self._saml_client = Saml2Client(hs.config.saml2_sp_config)
+ self._sso_auth_handler = SSOAuthHandler(hs)
+
+ # a map from saml session id to Saml2SessionData object
+ self._outstanding_requests_dict = {}
+
+ self._clock = hs.get_clock()
+ self._saml2_session_lifetime = hs.config.saml2_session_lifetime
+
+ def handle_redirect_request(self, client_redirect_url):
+ """Handle an incoming request to /login/sso/redirect
+
+ Args:
+ client_redirect_url (bytes): the URL that we should redirect the
+ client to when everything is done
+
+ Returns:
+ bytes: URL to redirect to
+ """
+ reqid, info = self._saml_client.prepare_for_authenticate(
+ relay_state=client_redirect_url
+ )
+
+ now = self._clock.time_msec()
+ self._outstanding_requests_dict[reqid] = Saml2SessionData(creation_time=now)
+
+ for key, value in info["headers"]:
+ if key == "Location":
+ return value
+
+ # this shouldn't happen!
+ raise Exception("prepare_for_authenticate didn't return a Location header")
+
+ def handle_saml_response(self, request):
+ """Handle an incoming request to /_matrix/saml2/authn_response
+
+ Args:
+ request (SynapseRequest): the incoming request from the browser. We'll
+ respond to it with a redirect.
+
+ Returns:
+ Deferred[none]: Completes once we have handled the request.
+ """
+ resp_bytes = parse_string(request, "SAMLResponse", required=True)
+ relay_state = parse_string(request, "RelayState", required=True)
+
+ # expire outstanding sessions before parse_authn_request_response checks
+ # the dict.
+ self.expire_sessions()
+
+ try:
+ saml2_auth = self._saml_client.parse_authn_request_response(
+ resp_bytes,
+ saml2.BINDING_HTTP_POST,
+ outstanding=self._outstanding_requests_dict,
+ )
+ except Exception as e:
+ logger.warning("Exception parsing SAML2 response", exc_info=1)
+ raise CodeMessageException(400, "Unable to parse SAML2 response: %s" % (e,))
+
+ if saml2_auth.not_signed:
+ raise CodeMessageException(400, "SAML2 response was not signed")
+
+ if "uid" not in saml2_auth.ava:
+ raise CodeMessageException(400, "uid not in SAML2 response")
+
+ self._outstanding_requests_dict.pop(saml2_auth.in_response_to, None)
+
+ username = saml2_auth.ava["uid"][0]
+ displayName = saml2_auth.ava.get("displayName", [None])[0]
+
+ return self._sso_auth_handler.on_successful_auth(
+ username, request, relay_state, user_display_name=displayName
+ )
+
+ def expire_sessions(self):
+ expire_before = self._clock.time_msec() - self._saml2_session_lifetime
+ to_expire = set()
+ for reqid, data in self._outstanding_requests_dict.items():
+ if data.creation_time < expire_before:
+ to_expire.add(reqid)
+ for reqid in to_expire:
+ logger.debug("Expiring session id %s", reqid)
+ del self._outstanding_requests_dict[reqid]
+
+
+@attr.s
+class Saml2SessionData:
+ """Data we track about SAML2 sessions"""
+
+ # time the session was created, in milliseconds
+ creation_time = attr.ib()
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