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-rw-r--r--src/backend/libpq/auth.c36
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
index f585ae0aed9..ba64bcf9132 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
@@ -697,6 +697,20 @@ recv_password_packet(Port *port)
(errcode(ERRCODE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION),
errmsg("invalid password packet size")));
+ /*
+ * Don't allow an empty password. Libpq treats an empty password the same
+ * as no password at all, and won't even try to authenticate. But other
+ * clients might, so allowing it would be confusing.
+ *
+ * Note that this only catches an empty password sent by the client in
+ * plaintext. There's another check in md5_crypt_verify to prevent an
+ * empty password from being used with MD5 authentication.
+ */
+ if (buf.data[0] == '\0')
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PASSWORD),
+ errmsg("empty password returned by client")));
+
/* Do not echo password to logs, for security. */
elog(DEBUG5, "received password packet");
@@ -1820,12 +1834,6 @@ pam_passwd_conv_proc(int num_msg, const struct pam_message ** msg,
*/
goto fail;
}
- if (strlen(passwd) == 0)
- {
- ereport(LOG,
- (errmsg("empty password returned by client")));
- goto fail;
- }
}
if ((reply[i].resp = strdup(passwd)) == NULL)
goto fail;
@@ -2146,16 +2154,11 @@ CheckLDAPAuth(Port *port)
if (passwd == NULL)
return STATUS_EOF; /* client wouldn't send password */
- if (strlen(passwd) == 0)
- {
- ereport(LOG,
- (errmsg("empty password returned by client")));
- return STATUS_ERROR;
- }
-
if (InitializeLDAPConnection(port, &ldap) == STATUS_ERROR)
+ {
/* Error message already sent */
return STATUS_ERROR;
+ }
if (port->hba->ldapbasedn)
{
@@ -2509,13 +2512,6 @@ CheckRADIUSAuth(Port *port)
if (passwd == NULL)
return STATUS_EOF; /* client wouldn't send password */
- if (strlen(passwd) == 0)
- {
- ereport(LOG,
- (errmsg("empty password returned by client")));
- return STATUS_ERROR;
- }
-
if (strlen(passwd) > RADIUS_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH)
{
ereport(LOG,