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Sec Bug #81720 Uninitialized array in pg_query_params() leading to RCE
Submitted: 2022-05-16 14:50 UTC Modified: 2022-06-06 07:13 UTC
From: c dot fol at ambionics dot io Assigned: stas (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PostgreSQL related
PHP Version: 8.1.6 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: 2022-31625
 [2022-05-16 14:50 UTC] c dot fol at ambionics dot io
Description:
------------
Hello PHP team,

in PHP_FUNCTION(pg_query_params), the array meant to store the char* representation of the query parameters is allocated on the heap, but not cleared:

```
params = (char **)safe_emalloc(sizeof(char *), num_params, 0);
```

If a conversion error happens (for instance, one of the params is an object), `_php_pgsql_free_params()` gets called *on the whole array*. Since the array is not initialized, a lingering value from a previous request can get freed, leading in the end to remote code execution.

To patch, use calloc or memset-0 it.

There are other functions where you use basically the same code (if cannot convert to string, then free all params) so it might be worth a look.

Patch: 

```
- _php_pgsql_free_params(params, num_params);
+ _php_pgsql_free_params(params, i);
```

Best regards,
Charles Fol
ambionics.io


Test script:
---------------
<?php

$strings = [];

function uenc($v)
{
    $out = '';
    for($i=0; $i<strlen($v);$i++)
    {
        $out .= '\u' . '00' . str_pad(dechex(ord($v[$i])), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    }
    return '"' . $out . '"';
}

$json = 
    '{"a": 1, "args":[
        "A","A","A",
        {}
    ]}'
;
$c = pg_connect('host=172.17.0.3 user=postgres password=password');

$data = json_decode($json);

$resultXXX = pg_query_params($c, 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE x NOT IN ($1)', $data->args);
// var_dump(pg_fetch_all($resultXXX));

Expected result:
----------------
No crash.

Actual result:
--------------
Crash.

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 [2022-05-17 09:45 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2022-05-17 09:45 UTC] cmb@php.net
Thanks for reporting!  I can confirm the issue.  I'll have a
closer look.
 [2022-05-17 11:17 UTC] c dot fol at ambionics dot io
Cool !

I'm wondering if you also got the previous bug, #81719, related to PDO. I didn't receive a confirmation email.
 [2022-05-17 11:35 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: cmb +Assigned To: stas
 [2022-05-17 11:35 UTC] cmb@php.net
Proposed patch:
<https://gist.github.com/cmb69/b2b5ab0cb54a5683fe3aff4c7c09f7c2>.

While fixing this issue, I noticed that pg_send_execute() tries to
convert the $params elements to string, but checks the wrong
variable (`tmp` instead of `tmp_str`), what may cause a segfault.
The patch also fixes this.

As to whether this is actually a security issue: any potential
exploit requires the script to pass values which are not coercible
to string to the $params parameter of `pg_query_params()` or
`pg_send_execute()`.  That might be regarded as sloppy userland
programming, so I'm not sure if we classify this as security
issue.  On the other hand, the documentation is not explicit about
this conversion to string requirement (although the placeholders
hint at it).

Stas, what do you think?

> I'm wondering if you also got the previous bug, #81719, related
> to PDO.

I'll have a look at that right away.
 [2022-05-17 21:16 UTC] stas@php.net
-CVE-ID: +CVE-ID: needed
 [2022-05-25 21:36 UTC] stas@php.net
-CVE-ID: needed +CVE-ID: 2022-31625
 [2022-06-06 07:13 UTC] git@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb69 (author) and smalyshev (committer)
Revision: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/55f6895f4b4c677272fd4ee1113acdbd99c4b5ab
Log: Fix #81720: Uninitialized array in pg_query_params() leading to RCE
 [2022-06-06 07:13 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 [2022-07-07 13:08 UTC] nutza249943 at gmail dot com
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