Guard against send-lots-and-lots-of-data DoS attack from unauthenticated

users, by limiting the length of string we will accept for a password.
Patch by Serguei Mokhov, some editorializing by Tom Lane.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane 2002-09-04 23:31:35 +00:00
parent c5214b9f6c
commit 3f63787cbf
6 changed files with 38 additions and 24 deletions

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/auth.c,v 1.90 2002/09/04 20:31:18 momjian Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/auth.c,v 1.91 2002/09/04 23:31:34 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -563,12 +563,11 @@ pam_passwd_conv_proc(int num_msg, const struct pam_message ** msg, struct pam_re
{
sendAuthRequest(pam_port_cludge, AUTH_REQ_PASSWORD);
if (pq_eof() == EOF || pq_getint(&len, 4) == EOF)
{
return PAM_CONV_ERR; /* client didn't want to send password */
}
initStringInfo(&buf);
pq_getstr(&buf);
if (pq_getstr_bounded(&buf, 1000) == EOF)
return PAM_CONV_ERR; /* EOF while reading password */
/* Do not echo failed password to logs, for security. */
elog(DEBUG5, "received PAM packet");
@ -707,7 +706,7 @@ recv_and_check_password_packet(Port *port)
return STATUS_EOF; /* client didn't want to send password */
initStringInfo(&buf);
if (pq_getstr(&buf) == EOF) /* receive password */
if (pq_getstr_bounded(&buf, 1000) == EOF) /* receive password */
{
pfree(buf.data);
return STATUS_EOF;

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* be-connect.c
* be-secure.c
* functions related to setting up a secure connection to the frontend.
* Secure connections are expected to provide confidentiality,
* message integrity and endpoint authentication.
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.13 2002/09/04 20:31:19 momjian Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.14 2002/09/04 23:31:34 tgl Exp $
*
* Since the server static private key ($DataDir/server.key)
* will normally be stored unencrypted so that the database

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: pqcomm.c,v 1.140 2002/09/04 20:31:19 momjian Exp $
* $Id: pqcomm.c,v 1.141 2002/09/04 23:31:34 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -555,16 +555,24 @@ pq_getbytes(char *s, size_t len)
* The return value is placed in an expansible StringInfo.
* Note that space allocation comes from the current memory context!
*
* If maxlen is not zero, it is an upper limit on the length of the
* string we are willing to accept. We abort the connection (by
* returning EOF) if client tries to send more than that. Note that
* since we test maxlen in the outer per-bufferload loop, the limit
* is fuzzy: we might accept up to PQ_BUFFER_SIZE more bytes than
* specified. This is fine for the intended purpose, which is just
* to prevent DoS attacks from not-yet-authenticated clients.
*
* NOTE: this routine does not do any character set conversion,
* even though it is presumably useful only for text, because
* no code in this module should depend on the encoding.
* See pq_getstr in pqformat.c for that.
* See pq_getstr_bounded in pqformat.c for that.
*
* returns 0 if OK, EOF if trouble
* --------------------------------
*/
int
pq_getstring(StringInfo s)
pq_getstring(StringInfo s, int maxlen)
{
int i;
@ -572,7 +580,7 @@ pq_getstring(StringInfo s)
s->len = 0;
s->data[0] = '\0';
/* Read until we get the terminating '\0' */
/* Read until we get the terminating '\0' or overrun maxlen */
for (;;)
{
while (PqRecvPointer >= PqRecvLength)
@ -594,10 +602,13 @@ pq_getstring(StringInfo s)
}
/* If we're here we haven't got the \0 in the buffer yet. */
appendBinaryStringInfo(s, PqRecvBuffer + PqRecvPointer,
PqRecvLength - PqRecvPointer);
PqRecvPointer = PqRecvLength;
/* If maxlen is specified, check for overlength input. */
if (maxlen > 0 && s->len > maxlen)
return EOF;
}
}

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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: pqformat.c,v 1.24 2002/09/03 21:45:42 petere Exp $
* $Id: pqformat.c,v 1.25 2002/09/04 23:31:35 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
*
* Message input:
* pq_getint - get an integer from connection
* pq_getstr - get a null terminated string from connection
* pq_getstr performs character set conversion on the collected string.
* Use the raw pqcomm.c routines pq_getstring or pq_getbytes
* pq_getstr_bounded - get a null terminated string from connection
* pq_getstr_bounded performs character set conversion on the collected
* string. Use the raw pqcomm.c routines pq_getstring or pq_getbytes
* to fetch data without conversion.
*/
@ -247,21 +247,23 @@ pq_getint(int *result, int b)
}
/* --------------------------------
* pq_getstr - get a null terminated string from connection
* pq_getstr_bounded - get a null terminated string from connection
*
* The return value is placed in an expansible StringInfo.
* Note that space allocation comes from the current memory context!
*
* The maxlen parameter is interpreted as per pq_getstring.
*
* returns 0 if OK, EOF if trouble
* --------------------------------
*/
int
pq_getstr(StringInfo s)
pq_getstr_bounded(StringInfo s, int maxlen)
{
int result;
char *p;
result = pq_getstring(s);
result = pq_getstring(s, maxlen);
p = (char *) pg_client_to_server((unsigned char *) s->data, s->len);
if (p != s->data) /* actual conversion has been done? */

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: libpq.h,v 1.51 2002/06/20 20:29:49 momjian Exp $
* $Id: libpq.h,v 1.52 2002/09/04 23:31:35 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern int StreamConnection(int server_fd, Port *port);
extern void StreamClose(int sock);
extern void pq_init(void);
extern int pq_getbytes(char *s, size_t len);
extern int pq_getstring(StringInfo s);
extern int pq_getstring(StringInfo s, int maxlen);
extern int pq_getbyte(void);
extern int pq_peekbyte(void);
extern int pq_putbytes(const char *s, size_t len);

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: pqformat.h,v 1.12 2002/06/20 20:29:49 momjian Exp $
* $Id: pqformat.h,v 1.13 2002/09/04 23:31:35 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ extern void pq_endmessage(StringInfo buf);
extern int pq_puttextmessage(char msgtype, const char *str);
extern int pq_getint(int *result, int b);
extern int pq_getstr(StringInfo s);
extern int pq_getstr_bounded(StringInfo s, int maxlen);
#define pq_getstr(s) pq_getstr_bounded(s, 0)
#endif /* PQFORMAT_H */