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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml28
-rw-r--r--src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c26
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index ec8565298d6..57e5333e388 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1472,6 +1472,20 @@ SELCT 1/0;<!-- this typo is intentional -->
</para>
<para>
+ When <acronym>SSL</acronym> encryption can be performed, the server
+ is expected to send only the single <literal>S</literal> byte and then
+ wait for the frontend to initiate an <acronym>SSL</acronym> handshake.
+ If additional bytes are available to read at this point, it likely
+ means that a man-in-the-middle is attempting to perform a
+ buffer-stuffing attack
+ (<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23222/">CVE-2021-23222</ulink>).
+ Frontends should be coded either to read exactly one byte from the
+ socket before turning the socket over to their SSL library, or to
+ treat it as a protocol violation if they find they have read additional
+ bytes.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
An initial SSLRequest can also be used in a connection that is being
opened to send a CancelRequest message.
</para>
@@ -1533,6 +1547,20 @@ SELCT 1/0;<!-- this typo is intentional -->
</para>
<para>
+ When <acronym>GSSAPI</acronym> encryption can be performed, the server
+ is expected to send only the single <literal>G</literal> byte and then
+ wait for the frontend to initiate a <acronym>GSSAPI</acronym> handshake.
+ If additional bytes are available to read at this point, it likely
+ means that a man-in-the-middle is attempting to perform a
+ buffer-stuffing attack
+ (<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23222/">CVE-2021-23222</ulink>).
+ Frontends should be coded either to read exactly one byte from the
+ socket before turning the socket over to their GSSAPI library, or to
+ treat it as a protocol violation if they find they have read additional
+ bytes.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
An initial GSSENCRequest can also be used in a connection that is being
opened to send a CancelRequest message.
</para>
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index dfa50ede152..5e505e19bd0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -2986,6 +2986,19 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
pollres = pqsecure_open_client(conn);
if (pollres == PGRES_POLLING_OK)
{
+ /*
+ * At this point we should have no data already buffered.
+ * If we do, it was received before we performed the SSL
+ * handshake, so it wasn't encrypted and indeed may have
+ * been injected by a man-in-the-middle.
+ */
+ if (conn->inCursor != conn->inEnd)
+ {
+ appendPQExpBufferStr(&conn->errorMessage,
+ libpq_gettext("received unencrypted data after SSL response\n"));
+ goto error_return;
+ }
+
/* SSL handshake done, ready to send startup packet */
conn->status = CONNECTION_MADE;
return PGRES_POLLING_WRITING;
@@ -3085,6 +3098,19 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
pollres = pqsecure_open_gss(conn);
if (pollres == PGRES_POLLING_OK)
{
+ /*
+ * At this point we should have no data already buffered.
+ * If we do, it was received before we performed the GSS
+ * handshake, so it wasn't encrypted and indeed may have
+ * been injected by a man-in-the-middle.
+ */
+ if (conn->inCursor != conn->inEnd)
+ {
+ appendPQExpBufferStr(&conn->errorMessage,
+ libpq_gettext("received unencrypted data after GSSAPI encryption response\n"));
+ goto error_return;
+ }
+
/* All set for startup packet */
conn->status = CONNECTION_MADE;
return PGRES_POLLING_WRITING;