Re: Postgresql security checks

On 1 September 2010 16:17, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>
>> SELECT usename
>> FROM pg_shadow
>> WHERE passwd = 'md5' || md5(usename)
>> OR passwd = 'md5' || md5('company_password');
>
> I think this query should be:
>
>  SELECT usename
>    FROM pg_shadow
>    WHERE passwd = 'md5' || md5(usename || usename) OR
>                   passwd = 'md5' || md5('company_password' || usename);
>
> Since the md5 passwords in pg_shadow (and pg_authid) are created as:
>  MD5(password || username)
>
> By the way, the documentation pages for pg_authid and pg_shadow don't
> mention that md5 passwords are stored in this fashion, perhaps they
> should? Or is this fact documented somewhere else I'm not seeing?

Yes, I had discovered this previously but obviously I've got a memory
leak.  Actually, doesn't this apply to roles too?

 SELECT rolname
   FROM pg_authid
   WHERE rolpassword = 'md5' || md5(rolname || rolname) OR
                  rolpassword = 'md5' || md5('company_password' || rolname);

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