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authorshyouhei <shyouhei@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2011-02-18 11:48:02 +0000
committershyouhei <shyouhei@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2011-02-18 11:48:02 +0000
commit452c5aff0f25ca24cffeaa98c29fd6cca4952197 (patch)
tree3410a08b5c90afa3bb17acfe9f0be39ac8f8e4be
parentc13f628759ebceb5f7e02f48236774b49f1e4251 (diff)
merge revision(s) 30896:
* lib/fileutils.rb (FileUtils::remove_entry_secure): there is a race condition in the case where the given path is a directory, and some other user can move that directory, and create a symlink while this method is executing. Reported by: Nicholas Jefferson <nicholas at pythonic.com.au> git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@30905 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--lib/fileutils.rb13
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e0e2ac4b5..6d0fef5929 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Fri Feb 18 20:46:55 2011 Shugo Maeda <[email protected]>
+
+ * lib/fileutils.rb (FileUtils::remove_entry_secure): there is a
+ race condition in the case where the given path is a directory,
+ and some other user can move that directory, and create a
+ symlink while this method is executing.
+ Reported by: Nicholas Jefferson <nicholas at pythonic.com.au>
+
Fri Feb 18 20:02:29 2011 Shugo Maeda <[email protected]>
* test/ruby/test_exception.rb (TestException::test_to_s_taintness_propagation):
diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 2105a7721e..e0fa868875 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -668,10 +668,10 @@ module FileUtils
# removing directories. This requires the current process is the
# owner of the removing whole directory tree, or is the super user (root).
#
- # WARNING: You must ensure that *ALL* parent directories are not
- # world writable. Otherwise this method does not work.
- # Only exception is temporary directory like /tmp and /var/tmp,
- # whose permission is 1777.
+ # WARNING: You must ensure that *ALL* parent directories cannot be
+ # moved by other untrusted users. For example, parent directories
+ # should not be owned by untrusted users, and should not be world
+ # writable except when the sticky bit set.
#
# WARNING: Only the owner of the removing directory tree, or Unix super
# user (root) should invoke this method. Otherwise this method does not
@@ -714,6 +714,11 @@ module FileUtils
end
f.chown euid, -1
f.chmod 0700
+ unless fu_stat_identical_entry?(st, File.lstat(fullpath))
+ # TOC-to-TOU attack?
+ File.unlink fullpath
+ return
+ end
}
# ---- tree root is frozen ----
root = Entry_.new(path)