Validate DNS domain name before powershell invocation

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  d383d6e ("win: replace wmic invocation with powershell")

we pass --dhcp-option DOMAIN value to a powershell command
to set DNS domain. Without validation this opens the door
to a command injection atack.

This only allows domain names with characters:

  [A-Za-z0-9.-_\x80-\0xff]

Change-Id: I7a57d7b4e84aa2b9c9e71e30520ed468b0e3c278
Signed-off-by: Lev Stipakov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]>
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1198
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg33071.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]>

Author: lstipakov

src/openvpn/domain_helper.h

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ *  OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
+ *             over a single UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
+ *             session authentication and key exchange,
+ *             packet encryption, packet authentication, and
+ *             packet compression.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2025 Lev Stipakov <[email protected]>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+static inline bool
+is_allowed_domain_ascii(unsigned char c)
+{
+    return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+           || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')
+           || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+           || c == '.' || c == '-' || c == '_' || c >= 0x80;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+validate_domain(const char *domain)
+{
+    for (const char *ch = domain; *ch; ++ch)
+    {
+        if (!is_allowed_domain_ascii((unsigned char)*ch))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}

src/openvpn/tun.c

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "win32.h"
 #include "block_dns.h"
 #include "networking.h"
+#include "domain_helper.h"
 
 #include "memdbg.h"
 
@@ -390,6 +391,12 @@ do_dns_domain_pwsh(bool add, const struct tuntap *tt)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (add && !validate_domain(tt->options.domain))
+    {
+        msg(M_WARN, "Failed to set DNS domain '%s' because it contains invalid characters", tt->options.domain);
+        return;
+    }
+
     struct argv argv = argv_new();
     argv_printf(&argv,
                 "%s%s -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command Set-DnsClient -InterfaceIndex %lu -ConnectionSpecificSuffix '%s'",

src/openvpnserv/interactive.c

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "validate.h"
 #include "block_dns.h"
 #include "ring_buffer.h"
+#include "domain_helper.h"
 
 #define IO_TIMEOUT  2000 /*ms*/
 
@@ -1216,6 +1217,12 @@ SetDNSDomain(const wchar_t *if_name, const char *domain, undo_lists_t *lists)
 {
     NET_IFINDEX if_index;
 
+    if (!validate_domain(domain))
+    {
+        MsgToEventLog(MSG_FLAGS_ERROR, TEXT("Failed to set DNS domain '%hs' because it contains invalid characters"), domain);
+        return ERROR_INVALID_DATA;
+    }
+
     DWORD err  = ConvertInterfaceNameToIndex(if_name, &if_index);
     if (err != ERROR_SUCCESS)
     {