Added ctl:ruleRemoveById action. See #259.

CHANGES

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 
-01 Oct 2007 - 2.5.0-dev3
+17 Oct 2007 - 2.5.0-dev3
 ------------------------
 
+ * Added ctl:ruleRemoveById action to allow rule removal on a match.
+
  * Added a @containsWord operator that will match a given string anywhere in
    the target value, but only on word boundaries.
 

apache2/re.c

@@ -703,6 +703,34 @@ apr_status_t msre_ruleset_process_phase(msre_ruleset *ruleset, modsec_rec *msr)
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* Check if this rule was removed at runtime */
+        if ((rule->actionset->id !=NULL) && (! apr_is_empty_array(msr->removed_rules))) {
+                int j;
+                int do_process = 1;
+                const char *range;
+
+                for(j = 0; j < msr->removed_rules->nelts; j++) {
+                    range = ((const char**)msr->removed_rules->elts)[j];
+
+                    if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 9) {
+                        msr_log(msr, 9, "Checking removal of rule id=\"%s\" against: %s", rule->actionset->id, range);
+                    }
+
+                    if (rule_id_in_range(atoi(rule->actionset->id), range)) {
+                        do_process = 0;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* Go to the next rule if this one has been removed. */
+                if (do_process == 0) {
+                    if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 5) {
+                        msr_log(msr, 5, "Not processing rule id=\"%s\": removed by ctl action", rule->actionset->id);
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+        }
+
         if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 4) {
             apr_pool_t *p = msr->mp;
             const char *fn = NULL;
@@ -1384,25 +1412,6 @@ apr_status_t msre_rule_process(msre_rule *rule, modsec_rec *msr) {
     int invocations = 0;
     int multi_match = 0;    
 
-    /* Check if this rule was excluded at runtime */
-    if ((rule->actionset->id !=NULL) && (! apr_is_empty_array(msr->removed_rules))) {
-            const char *range;
-
-            for(i = 0; i < msr->removed_rules->nelts; i++) {
-                range = ((const char**)msr->removed_rules->elts)[i];
-
-                if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 9) {
-                    msr_log(msr, 9, "Checking rule id=\"%s\" against exclusion: %s", rule->actionset->id, range);
-                }
-
-                if (rule_id_in_range(atoi(rule->actionset->id), range)) {
-                    msr_log(msr, 5, "Rule id=\"%s\" excluded.", rule->actionset->id);
-                    return RULE_NO_MATCH;
-                }
-            }
-        
-    }
-
     /* Choose the correct metadata/disruptive action actionset. */
     acting_actionset = rule->actionset;
     if (rule->chain_starter != NULL) {

apache2/re_actions.c

@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static char *msre_action_ctl_validate(msre_engine *engine, msre_action *action)
         if (strcasecmp(value, "detectiononly") == 0) return NULL;
         return apr_psprintf(engine->mp, "Invalid setting for ctl name ruleEngine: %s", value);
     } else
-    if (strcasecmp(name, "removeRuleById") == 0) {
+    if (strcasecmp(name, "ruleRemoveById") == 0) {
         /* ENH nothing yet */
         return NULL;
     } else
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static apr_status_t msre_action_ctl_execute(modsec_rec *msr, apr_pool_t *mptmp,
 
         return 1;
     } else
-    if (strcasecmp(name, "removeRuleById") == 0) {
+    if (strcasecmp(name, "ruleRemoveById") == 0) {
         *(const char **)apr_array_push(msr->removed_rules) = (const char *)apr_pstrdup(msr->mp, value);
         return 1;
     } else

doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml

@@ -3624,6 +3624,10 @@ SecRule REQUEST_CONTENT_TYPE ^text/xml nolog,pass,<emphasis role="bold">ctl:requ
           <para><literal moreinfo="none">debugLogLevel</literal></para>
         </listitem>
 
+        <listitem>
+          <para><literal moreinfo="none">ruleRemoveById</literal></para>
+        </listitem>
+
         <listitem>
           <para><literal moreinfo="none">requestBodyAccess</literal></para>
         </listitem>
@@ -5110,4 +5114,4 @@ SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "!<emphasis role="bold">@within %{tx.allowed_methods}</em
       </section>
     </section>
   </section>
-</article>
+</article>