Fix CVE-2016-1531

[exim.git] / src / src / exim.c

diff --git a/src/src/exim.c b/src/src/exim.c
index 517b5435ebc675fb6ac6ef5a746a5870faea749b..3dc5214f10d29c2169cdfc19405866f275843348 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/src/exim.c
@@ -3685,8 +3685,19 @@ init_lookup_list();
 is a failure. It leaves the configuration file open so that the subsequent
 configuration data for delivery can be read if needed. */
 
+/* To be safe: change the working directory to /. */
+if (Uchdir("/") < 0)
+  {
+    perror("exim: chdir `/': ");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
 readconf_main();
 
+if (cleanup_environment() == FALSE)
+  log_write(0, LOG_PANIC_DIE, "Can't cleanup environment");
+
+
 /* If an action on specific messages is requested, or if a daemon or queue
 runner is being started, we need to know if Exim was called by an admin user.
 This is the case if the real user is root or exim, or if the real group is
@@ -3832,7 +3843,7 @@ TMPDIR macro, if this macro is defined. */
 #ifdef TMPDIR
   {
   uschar **p;
-  for (p = USS environ; *p != NULL; p++)
+  if (environ) for (p = USS environ; *p != NULL; p++)
     {
     if (Ustrncmp(*p, "TMPDIR=", 7) == 0 &&
         Ustrcmp(*p+7, TMPDIR) != 0)
@@ -3872,10 +3883,10 @@ else
     uschar **new;
     uschar **newp;
     int count = 0;
-    while (*p++ != NULL) count++;
+    if (environ) while (*p++ != NULL) count++;
     if (envtz == NULL) count++;
     newp = new = malloc(sizeof(uschar *) * (count + 1));
-    for (p = USS environ; *p != NULL; p++)
+    if (environ) for (p = USS environ; *p != NULL; p++)
       {
       if (Ustrncmp(*p, "TZ=", 3) == 0) continue;
       *newp++ = *p;
@@ -4465,7 +4476,8 @@ if (list_options)
           (Ustrcmp(argv[i], "router") == 0 ||
            Ustrcmp(argv[i], "transport") == 0 ||
            Ustrcmp(argv[i], "authenticator") == 0 ||
-           Ustrcmp(argv[i], "macro") == 0))
+           Ustrcmp(argv[i], "macro") == 0 ||
+           Ustrcmp(argv[i], "environment") == 0))
         {
         readconf_print(argv[i+1], argv[i], flag_n);
         i++;