[security][3.4] bpo-30730: Prevent environment variables injection in subprocess on Windows. (GH-2325) (#2362)

* [3.4] bpo-30730: Prevent environment variables injection in subprocess on Windows. (GH-2325)

Prevent passing other invalid environment variables and command arguments..
(cherry picked from commit d174d24)

* Update NEWS

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Lib/subprocess.py

@@ -1375,8 +1375,12 @@ def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                     # and pass it to fork_exec()
 
                     if env is not None:
-                        env_list = [os.fsencode(k) + b'=' + os.fsencode(v)
-                                    for k, v in env.items()]
+                        env_list = []
+                        for k, v in env.items():
+                            k = os.fsencode(k)
+                            if b'=' in k:
+                                raise ValueError("illegal environment variable name")
+                            env_list.append(k + b'=' + os.fsencode(v))
                     else:
                         env_list = None  # Use execv instead of execve.
                     executable = os.fsencode(executable)

Lib/test/test_subprocess.py

@@ -606,6 +606,46 @@ def test_empty_env(self):
                  # environment
                  b"['__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING']"))
 
+    def test_invalid_cmd(self):
+        # null character in the command name
+        cmd = sys.executable + '\0'
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            subprocess.Popen([cmd, "-c", "pass"])
+
+        # null character in the command argument
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "pass#\0"])
+
+    def test_invalid_env(self):
+        # null character in the enviroment variable name
+        newenv = os.environ.copy()
+        newenv["FRUIT\0VEGETABLE"] = "cabbage"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "pass"], env=newenv)
+
+        # null character in the enviroment variable value
+        newenv = os.environ.copy()
+        newenv["FRUIT"] = "orange\0VEGETABLE=cabbage"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "pass"], env=newenv)
+
+        # equal character in the enviroment variable name
+        newenv = os.environ.copy()
+        newenv["FRUIT=ORANGE"] = "lemon"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "pass"], env=newenv)
+
+        # equal character in the enviroment variable value
+        newenv = os.environ.copy()
+        newenv["FRUIT"] = "orange=lemon"
+        with subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
+                               'import sys, os;'
+                               'sys.stdout.write(os.getenv("FRUIT"))'],
+                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                              env=newenv) as p:
+            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+            self.assertEqual(stdout, b"orange=lemon")
+
     def test_communicate_stdin(self):
         p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
                               'import sys;'

Misc/NEWS

@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ Documentation
 Library
 -------
 
+- [Security] bpo-30730: Prevent environment variables injection in subprocess on
+  Windows.  Prevent passing other invalid environment variables and command arguments.
+
 - Issue #27850: Remove 3DES from ssl module's default cipher list to counter
   measure sweet32 attack (CVE-2016-2183).
 
+
 What's New in Python 3.4.6?
 ===========================
 

Modules/_winapi.c

@@ -535,6 +535,20 @@ getenvironment(PyObject* environment)
                 "environment can only contain strings");
             goto error;
         }
+        if (PyUnicode_FindChar(key, '\0', 0, PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(key), 1) != -1 ||
+            PyUnicode_FindChar(value, '\0', 0, PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(value), 1) != -1)
+        {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+            goto error;
+        }
+        /* Search from index 1 because on Windows starting '=' is allowed for
+           defining hidden environment variables. */
+        if (PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(key) == 0 ||
+            PyUnicode_FindChar(key, '=', 1, PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(key), 1) != -1)
+        {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "illegal environment variable name");
+            goto error;
+        }
         if (totalsize > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX - PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(key) - 1) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "environment too long");
             goto error;
@@ -643,12 +657,13 @@ winapi_CreateProcess(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
 
     if (env_mapping != Py_None) {
         environment = getenvironment(env_mapping);
-        if (! environment)
+        if (environment == NULL) {
             return NULL;
+        }
+        /* contains embedded null characters */
         wenvironment = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(environment);
-        if (wenvironment == NULL)
-        {
-            Py_XDECREF(environment);
+        if (wenvironment == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(environment);
             return NULL;
         }
     }

Objects/abstract.c

@@ -2714,8 +2714,8 @@ _PySequence_BytesToCharpArray(PyObject* self)
             array[i] = NULL;
             goto fail;
         }
-        data = PyBytes_AsString(item);
-        if (data == NULL) {
+        /* check for embedded null bytes */
+        if (PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(item, &data, NULL) < 0) {
             /* NULL terminate before freeing. */
             array[i] = NULL;
             goto fail;