Re: SCRAM with channel binding downgrade attack

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: SCRAM with channel binding downgrade attack
Date: 2018-05-28 09:26:37
Message-ID: dea8f83f-9626-a56d-6137-7a23c97f7adf@iki.fi
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On 28/05/18 12:20, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:00:33PM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> That's not a new problem, but it makes the MITM protection fairly pointless,
>> if a fake server can acquire the user's password by simply asking for it.
>> The client will report a failed connection, but with the user's password,
>> Mallory won't need to act as a MITM anymore.
>
> Yeah, I know.. Do you think that it would be better to add an extra
> switch/case at the beginning of pg_fe_sendauth which filters and checks
> per message types then?

Sounds good.

- Heikki

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