Mercurial > vim
changeset 33664:06b59278bfcf v9.0.2070
patch 9.0.2070: [security] disallow setting env in restricted mode
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6b89dd6a7257a1e2e9c7ea070b407bc4674a5118
Author: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Date: Thu Oct 26 22:14:17 2023 +0200
patch 9.0.2070: [security] disallow setting env in restricted mode
Problem: [security] disallow setting env in restricted mode
Solution: Setting environment variables in restricted mode could
potentially be used to execute shell commands. Disallow this.
restricted mode: disable allow setting of environment variables
Setting environment variables in restricted mode, may have some unwanted
consequences. So, for example by setting $GCONV_PATH in restricted mode
and then calling the iconv() function, one may be able to execute some
unwanted payload, because the `iconv_open()` function internally uses
the `$GCONV_PATH` variable to find its conversion data.
So let's disable setting environment variables, even so this is no
complete protection, since we are not clearing the existing environment.
I tried a few ways but wasn't successful :(
One could also argue to disable the iconv() function completely in
restricted mode, but who knows what other API functions can be
influenced by setting some other unrelated environment variables.
So let's leave it as it is currently.
closes: #13394
See: https://huntr.com/bounties/b0a2eda1-459c-4e36-98e6-0cc7d7faccfe/
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:30:03 +0200 |
| parents | e14a179650d8 |
| children | c75376fbe96f |
| files | runtime/doc/starting.txt src/evalfunc.c src/version.c |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2023 Oct 17 +*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2023 Oct 20 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ a slash. Thus "-R" means recovery and " *-Z* *restricted-mode* *E145* *E981* -Z Restricted mode. All commands that make use of an external shell are disabled. This includes suspending with CTRL-Z, - ":sh", filtering, the system() function, backtick expansion + ":sh", filtering, the |system()| function, backtick expansion and libcall(). - Also disallowed are delete(), rename(), mkdir(), job_start(), - etc. + Also disallowed are |delete()|, |rename()|, |mkdir()|, + |job_start()|, |setenv()| etc. Interfaces, such as Python, Ruby and Lua, are also disabled, since they could be used to execute shell commands. Perl uses the Safe module.
--- a/src/evalfunc.c +++ b/src/evalfunc.c @@ -9723,6 +9723,12 @@ f_setenv(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *re if (in_vim9script() && check_for_string_arg(argvars, 0) == FAIL) return; + // seting an environment variable may be dangerous, e.g. you could + // setenv GCONV_PATH=/tmp and then have iconv() unexpectedly call + // a shell command using some shared library: + if (check_restricted() || check_secure()) + return; + name = tv_get_string_buf(&argvars[0], namebuf); if (argvars[1].v_type == VAR_SPECIAL && argvars[1].vval.v_number == VVAL_NULL)