Barracuda Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Disclosure [NNL-20060801-02]

[gssincla () nnlsoftware com]

Title: Barracuda Arbitrary File Disclosure
Severity: High (Sensitive Information Disclosure)
Date: 01 August 2006
Version Affected: Barracuda Spam Firewall version 3.3.01.001 to 3.3.03.053
Discovered by: Greg Sinclair (gssincla () nnlsoftware com)
Discovered on: 29 May 2006

Overview:
Barracuda Spam Firewalls (www.barracudanetworks.com) are vulnerable to
arbitrary file disclosure due to improper parameter sanitation.

Details:
The Barracuda Spam Firewalls from version 3.3.01.001 to 3.3.02.053 are vulnerable to arbitrary file disclosure via the 
preview_email.cgi script.

The /cgi-bin/preview_email.cgi script is designed to retrieve a message from the local message database on the 
Barracuda Spam Firewall. However, the "file" parameter which is passed via GET is not properly sanitized to restrict 
the file retrieval to the message database directories. The script looks for "/mail/mlog" in the file parameter but 
does not take into account
directory transversal arguments such as ".." The result is that any file that is accessible to the web server user is 
accessible from the web
interface. The script does require a valid user to be logged in to perform this attack, however using the "Barracuda 
Hardcoded Password Vulnerability" (NNL-20060801-01) guest password vulnerability this restriction can easily be 
overcome.

This particular problem is amplified by the fact that it is possible to download the full configuration file for the 
barracuda. The configuration file is periodically backed-up into the /tmp directory as 
"/tmp/backup/periodic_config.txt.tmp" 

Message confidentiality is compromised by the fact that an attacker who is able to view the message log screen (which 
can be done via the guest password vulnerability) can easily view any message on the system.  The message logs are 
stored as /mail/mlog/X/Y/email_address/msgID where X is the first character of email_address, Y is the second character 
of email_address, email_address is the recipient's email address and msgID is the message ID assigned to the message in 
question. So for example if
jon () smith com received a message with messageID 1234, any user could view the message by entering /mail/mlog/j/o/jon 
() smith com/1234

Proof of Concept:

https://<deviceIP>/cgi-bin/preview_email.cgi?file=/mail/mlog/../tmp/backup/periodic_config.txt.tmp

Recommendations:
* Never allow your barracuda web interface to be accessible from untrusted networks (especially the Internet)

* Upgrade to version 3.3.0.54 or later


Vendor Contact:
30 May 2006   - Initial Vendor Contact
24 June 2006  - Vendor replies with prospect of fix
17 July 2006  - NNL request status update, no reply
01 Aug 2006   - NNL releases vuln report, notifies vendor of release