This patch fixes an identified RCE in the update_social_data.pl
social_data, which when executed, allows an attacker to run arbitrary
code on the system's shell.
TO TEST:
a) In the Babeltheque_url_update syspref, wrap any bash in $(), and then
run the update_social_data.pl script.
*) For example, $(whoami >
/tmp/rce.log) will output to a file the username the perl script is
running as.
APPLY PATCH
b) Run the update_social_data.pl script again. The string is now
meta-escaped, and the RCE no longer works.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org>
Bug 40748: Check for HTTP URLs and skip shell when using system()
This change checks for HTTP(S) URLs and skips the shell when using
system() so that shell metacharacters aren't interpreted.
Test plan:
0. Apply the patch
1. Insert the following into the Babeltheque_url_update system preference:
$(whoami > /tmp/rce.log)
2. koha-shell kohadev
3. perl misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl
4. Note the script says the following:
$(whoami > /tmp/rce.log) is not a HTTP URL. Aborting.
5. Note also that /tmp/rce.log is not created
6. Change Babeltheque_url_update syspref to something like the following:
http://localhost:8080
7. perl misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl
8. Note that the wget succeeds but the bunzip2 fails (as expected) since
we haven't fetched a bzipped file
9. Try to create a payload that passes the HTTP URL test with shell
metacharacters and note that they're not interpetted and instead
just used as part of a URL string.
Signed-off-by: Jake Deery <jake.deery@openfifth.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Derscheid <paul.derscheid@lmscloud.de>
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