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authorTom Lane2016-03-29 15:54:57 +0000
committerTom Lane2016-03-29 15:55:19 +0000
commit7abc1571652a924ba4258bda0a26df2de03b790e (patch)
treed606955e4a266c6ebf185c2ce87bf0f8f391ffdb /src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
parent61d66c44f18c73094a50a2ef97d26cc03e171dc0 (diff)
Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' FormatMessage() function.
Whenever this function is used with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag, it's good practice to include FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS as well. Otherwise, if the message contains any %n insertion markers, the function will try to fetch argument strings to substitute --- which we are not passing, possibly leading to a crash. This is exactly analogous to the rule about not giving printf() a format string you're not in control of. Noted and patched by Christian Ullrich. Back-patch to all supported branches.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c')
-rw-r--r--src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
index cd863a5db1a..d23726215b7 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ pg_SSPI_error(PGconn *conn, const char *mprefix, SECURITY_STATUS r)
{
char sysmsg[256];
- if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, NULL, r, 0,
+ if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS |
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+ NULL, r, 0,
sysmsg, sizeof(sysmsg), NULL) == 0)
printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage, "%s: SSPI error %x\n",
mprefix, (unsigned int) r);