* Fix security hole in mhshowsbr.c which allowed untrusted shell

	  code to be executed.
	* Released nmh 1.0.3.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b5ce64..e44eda5 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sun Feb 20 12:17:15 2000 Ruud de Rooij <ruud@ruud.org>
+
+       * Fix security hole in mhshowsbr.c which allowed untrusted shell
+         code to be executed.
+       * Released nmh 1.0.3.
+
 Thu Feb 10 10:54:36 2000 Dan Harkless <dan-nmh@dilvish.speed.net>
 
        * Oops.  %-escapes on mhstore lines in mhn.defaults.sh should not

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f650172..21e8796 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.2+dev
+1.0.3

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c9e780..357e2ef 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ else
 int main() {
 
 /* Ultrix mips cc rejects this.  */
-typedef int charset[2]; const charset x;
+typedef int charset[2]; const charset x = {0,0};
 /* SunOS 4.1.1 cc rejects this.  */
 char const *const *ccp;
 char **p;

diff --git a/uip/mhshowsbr.c b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
index ef6f02c..9745504 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhshowsbr.c
+++ b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ show_content (CT ct, int serial, int alternate)
 int
 show_content_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp, char *cracked)
 {
-    int fd, len, buflen;
+    int fd, len, buflen, quoted;
     int        xstdin, xlist, xpause, xtty;
-    char *bp, *file, buffer[BUFSIZ];
+    char *bp, *pp, *file, buffer[BUFSIZ];
     CI ci = &ct->c_ctinfo;
 
     if (!ct->c_ceopenfnx) {
@@ -355,12 +355,15 @@ show_content_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp, char *cracked)
 
     /* get buffer ready to go */
     bp = buffer;
-    bp[0] = '\0';
-    buflen = sizeof(buffer);
+    buflen = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
+    bp[0] = bp[buflen] = '\0';
+    quoted = 0;
 
     /* Now parse display string */
-    for ( ; *cp; cp++) {
+    for ( ; *cp && buflen > 0; cp++) {
        if (*cp == '%') {
+           pp = bp;
+
            switch (*++cp) {
            case 'a':
                /* insert parameters from Content-Type field */
@@ -433,14 +436,56 @@ show_content_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp, char *cracked)
            len = strlen (bp);
            bp += len;
            buflen -= len;
+
+           /* Did we actually insert something? */
+           if (bp != pp) {
+               /* Insert single quote if not inside quotes already */
+               if (!quoted && buflen) {
+                   len = strlen (pp);
+                   memmove (pp + 1, pp, len);
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   buflen--;
+                   bp++;
+               }
+               /* Escape existing quotes */
+               while ((pp = strchr (pp, '\'')) && buflen > 3) {
+                   len = strlen (pp++);
+                   memmove (pp + 3, pp, len);
+                   *pp++ = '\\';
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   buflen -= 3;
+                   bp += 3;
+               }
+               /* If pp is still set, that means we ran out of space. */
+               if (pp)
+                   buflen = 0;
+               if (!quoted && buflen) {
+                   *bp++ = '\'';
+                   *bp = '\0';
+                   buflen--;
+               }
+           }
        } else {
 raw:
-       *bp++ = *cp;
-       *bp = '\0';
-       buflen--;
+           *bp++ = *cp;
+           *bp = '\0';
+           buflen--;
+
+           if (*cp == '\'')
+               quoted = !quoted;
        }
     }
 
+    if (buflen <= 0 || (ct->c_termproc && buflen <= strlen(ct->c_termproc))) {
+       /* content_error would provide a more useful error message
+        * here, except that if we got overrun, it probably would
+        * too.
+        */
+       fprintf(stderr, "Buffer overflow constructing show command!\n");
+       return NOTOK;
+    }
+
     /* use charset string to modify display method */
     if (ct->c_termproc) {
        char term[BUFSIZ];
@@ -782,9 +827,9 @@ out:
 static int
 show_multi_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp)
 {
-    int len, buflen;
+    int len, buflen, quoted;
     int xlist, xpause, xtty;
-    char *bp, *file, buffer[BUFSIZ];
+    char *bp, *pp, *file, buffer[BUFSIZ];
     struct multipart *m = (struct multipart *) ct->c_ctparams;
     struct part *part;
     CI ci = &ct->c_ctinfo;
@@ -819,8 +864,9 @@ show_multi_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp)
 
     /* get buffer ready to go */
     bp = buffer;
-    bp[0] = '\0';
-    buflen = sizeof(buffer);
+    buflen = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
+    bp[0] = bp[buflen] = '\0';
+    quoted = 0;
 
     /* Now parse display string */
     for ( ; *cp; cp++) {
@@ -908,14 +954,56 @@ show_multi_aux (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cp)
            len = strlen (bp);
            bp += len;
            buflen -= len;
+
+           /* Did we actually insert something? */
+           if (bp != pp) {
+               /* Insert single quote if not inside quotes already */
+               if (!quoted && buflen) {
+                   len = strlen (pp);
+                   memmove (pp + 1, pp, len);
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   buflen--;
+                   bp++;
+               }
+               /* Escape existing quotes */
+               while ((pp = strchr (pp, '\'')) && buflen > 3) {
+                   len = strlen (pp++);
+                   memmove (pp + 3, pp, len);
+                   *pp++ = '\\';
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   *pp++ = '\'';
+                   buflen -= 3;
+                   bp += 3;
+               }
+               /* If pp is still set, that means we ran out of space. */
+               if (pp)
+                   buflen = 0;
+               if (!quoted && buflen) {
+                   *bp++ = '\'';
+                   *bp = '\0';
+                   buflen--;
+               }
+           }
        } else {
 raw:
-       *bp++ = *cp;
-       *bp = '\0';
-       buflen--;
+           *bp++ = *cp;
+           *bp = '\0';
+           buflen--;
+
+           if (*cp == '\'')
+               quoted = !quoted;
        }
     }
 
+    if (buflen <= 0 || (ct->c_termproc && buflen <= strlen(ct->c_termproc))) {
+       /* content_error would provide a more useful error message
+        * here, except that if we got overrun, it probably would
+        * too.
+        */
+       fprintf(stderr, "Buffer overflow constructing show command!\n");
+       return NOTOK;
+    }
+
     /* use charset string to modify display method */
     if (ct->c_termproc) {
        char term[BUFSIZ];