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Manually cherry-picked PR sonic-net#9123
Identify the bad password set by sshd and fail auth before sending to AAA server, and hence avoid possible user lock out by AAA. For more details, please refer the parent/original PR sonic-net#9123
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From 02f8fcddca83e8a4e9954d4f1e4087b777c03126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Renuka Manavalan <[email protected]>
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 03:34:35 +0000
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Subject: [PATCH] handle bad password set by sshd
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---
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pam_tacplus.c | 7 +++++++
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support.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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support.h | 1 +
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tacc.c | 4 ++--
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4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/pam_tacplus.c b/pam_tacplus.c
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index 38e2a70..bf06519 100644
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--- a/pam_tacplus.c
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+++ b/pam_tacplus.c
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@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ int pam_sm_authenticate (pam_handle_t * pamh, int flags,
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return PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT;
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}
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+ if (validate_not_sshd_bad_pass(pass) != PAM_SUCCESS) {
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+ syslog(LOG_LOCAL0|LOG_ERR, "auth fail: Password incorrect. user: %s", user);
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+ memset(pass, 0, strlen (pass));
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+ free(pass);
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+ return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
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+ }
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+
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retval = pam_set_item (pamh, PAM_AUTHTOK, pass);
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if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS) {
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_pam_log(LOG_ERR, "unable to set password");
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diff --git a/support.c b/support.c
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index 7c00618..a34d061 100644
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--- a/support.c
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+++ b/support.c
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@@ -106,6 +106,43 @@ int converse(pam_handle_t * pamh, int nargs, const struct pam_message *message,
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return retval;
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}
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+/*
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+ * Ref: From <https://groups.google.com/g/mailing.unix.openssh-dev/c/ViHvtciKYh0>
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+ * For future archive searchers:
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+ * > Why does OpenSSH replaces the password entered by the user with the
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+ * > bad password - "\b\n\r\177INCORRECT
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+ *
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+ * There are some situations where sshd determines a user can't log in.
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+ * Typical samples of that are DenyUsers or PermitRootLogin.
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+ * In those cases sshd *still* calls PAM, so that delays set by it are
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+ * still performed to the user (without leaking info about accounts
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+ * existing, disabled, etc.). But in order to ensure it can't succeed,
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+ * replaces the password with that impossible one.
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+ *
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+ */
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+int validate_not_sshd_bad_pass(const char *pass)
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+{
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+ const char *SSHD_BAD_PASS = "\010\012\015\177INCORRECT";
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+ const int SSHD_BAD_PASS_LEN = strlen(SSHD_BAD_PASS);
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+
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+ int len = strlen(pass);
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+ const char *p = pass;
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+
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+ if (len == 0)
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+ return PAM_SUCCESS;
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+
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+ while (len > 0) {
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+ int l = len < SSHD_BAD_PASS_LEN ? len : SSHD_BAD_PASS_LEN;
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+
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+ if (strncmp(p, SSHD_BAD_PASS, l) != 0)
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+ return PAM_SUCCESS;
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+
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+ len -= l;
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+ p += l;
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+ }
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+ return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
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+}
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+
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/* stolen from pam_stress */
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int tacacs_get_password (pam_handle_t * pamh, int flags
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,int ctrl, char **password) {
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diff --git a/support.h b/support.h
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index 9cbd040..d7845d3 100644
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--- a/support.h
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+++ b/support.h
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@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ extern char tac_prompt[64];
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int _pam_parse (int, const char **);
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unsigned long _resolve_name (char *);
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unsigned long _getserveraddr (char *serv);
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+int validate_not_sshd_bad_pass(const char *pass);
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int tacacs_get_password (pam_handle_t *, int, int, char **);
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int converse (pam_handle_t *, int, const struct pam_message *, struct pam_response **);
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void _pam_log (int, const char *, ...);
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diff --git a/tacc.c b/tacc.c
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index fcc7d8c..bf0f2a3 100644
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--- a/tacc.c
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+++ b/tacc.c
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@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
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break;
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case 'L':
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// tac_login is a global variable initialized in libtac
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- bzero(tac_login, sizeof(tac_login));
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+ memset(tac_login, 0, sizeof(tac_login));
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strncpy(tac_login, optarg, sizeof(tac_login) - 1);
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break;
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case 'p':
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@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
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}
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/* we no longer need the password in our address space */
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- bzero(pass, strlen(pass));
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+ memset(pass, 0, strlen(pass));
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pass = NULL;
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if (do_account) {
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--
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2.17.1
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src/tacacs/pam/Makefile

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git apply ../0003-Obfuscate-key-before-printing-to-syslog.patch
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git apply ../0004-management-vrf-support.patch
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git apply ../0005-pam-Modify-parsing-of-IP-address-and-port-number-to-.patch
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git apply ../0006-handle-bad-password-set-by-sshd.patch
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dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -us -uc -j$(SONIC_CONFIG_MAKE_JOBS) --admindir $(SONIC_DPKG_ADMINDIR)
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popd

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