Digital Unix 4 protected password database.

[clem7508 () FREDONIA EDU (James Clement)]

Greetings,
     Due to the recent outpouring of DU buffer overflows I thought the
following might be of interest. With the Enhanced Security package
running, authentication info is stored in individual files according to
username. In this case /tcb/files/auth/r/root for root and so on. I am not
aware of any built in method for creating the equivalent of your everyday
unix /etc/shadow file. As a result it is probable that many DU systems
have not weeded out poor choices for passwords through the use of a
program such as Crack since each encrypt is stored in a separate file.
     Though trivial once root is compromised, a would be attacker might
have an easy time obtaining passwords because of this "feature". The
program below outputs a crackable shadow file.


 Regards,
  James Clement


----dushad.c----
/*
   Digital Unix 4.x get encrypts from protected password database(s).
   Must be euid(0), compile with cc dushad.c -lsecurity -o dushad
   Written by James Clement - clem7508 () fredonia edu
*/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/security.h>
#include <prot.h>

struct pr_passwd *getprpwent(void);

void main(){
  struct pr_passwd *p;

  set_auth_parameters();

  while (p = getprpwent())
  {
   printf("%s:%s:%d:::\n", p->ufld.fd_name, p->ufld.fd_encrypt, p->ufld.fd_uid);
  }
}

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