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CVE-2021-20247: reject funny mailbox names from IMAP LIST/LSUB

in particular, '..' in the name could be used to escape the Path/Inbox
of a Maildir Store, which could be exploited for stealing or deleting
data, or staging a (mild) DoS attack.
wip/unchecked-remove
Oswald Buddenhagen 4 years ago
parent
commit
fe5d59f8e3
  1. 31
      src/drv_imap.c

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src/drv_imap.c

@ -1258,11 +1258,12 @@ static int
parse_list_rsp_p2( imap_store_t *ctx, list_t *list, char *cmd ATTR_UNUSED ) parse_list_rsp_p2( imap_store_t *ctx, list_t *list, char *cmd ATTR_UNUSED )
{ {
string_list_t *narg; string_list_t *narg;
char *arg; char *arg, c;
int argl, l; int argl, l;
if (!is_atom( list )) { if (!is_atom( list )) {
error( "IMAP error: malformed LIST response\n" ); error( "IMAP error: malformed LIST response\n" );
listbad:
free_list( list ); free_list( list );
return LIST_BAD; return LIST_BAD;
} }
@ -1302,6 +1303,34 @@ parse_list_rsp_p2( imap_store_t *ctx, list_t *list, char *cmd ATTR_UNUSED )
warn( "IMAP warning: ignoring mailbox %s (reserved character '/' in name)\n", arg ); warn( "IMAP warning: ignoring mailbox %s (reserved character '/' in name)\n", arg );
goto skip; goto skip;
} }
// Validate the normalized name. Technically speaking, we could tolerate
// '//' and '/./', and '/../' being forbidden is a limitation of the Maildir
// driver, but there isn't really a legitimate reason for these being present.
for (const char *p = narg->string, *sp = p;;) {
if (!(c = *p) || c == '/') {
uint pcl = (uint)(p - sp);
if (!pcl) {
error( "IMAP warning: ignoring mailbox '%s' due to empty name component\n", narg->string );
free( narg );
goto skip;
}
if (pcl == 1 && sp[0] == '.') {
error( "IMAP warning: ignoring mailbox '%s' due to '.' component\n", narg->string );
free( narg );
goto skip;
}
if (pcl == 2 && sp[0] == '.' && sp[1] == '.') {
error( "IMAP error: LIST'd mailbox name '%s' contains '..' component - THIS MIGHT BE AN ATTEMPT TO HACK YOU!\n", narg->string );
free( narg );
goto listbad;
}
if (!c)
break;
sp = ++p;
} else {
++p;
}
}
narg->next = ctx->boxes; narg->next = ctx->boxes;
ctx->boxes = narg; ctx->boxes = narg;
skip: skip:

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