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From 34b1087870c2bf85ebfd72c30b78577e10ab9744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Hongli Lai (Phusion)" <hongli@phusion.nl>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:17:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix low-urgency security vulnerability: writing files to
arbitrary directory by hijacking temp directories.

---
NEWS | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h | 2 +-
ext/common/Utils.cpp | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ext/common/Utils.h | 8 +++++++-
4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h b/ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h
index 136437a..8da3cf3 100644
--- a/ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h
+++ b/ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class ServerInstanceDir: public noncopyable {
* generations no matter what user they're running as.
*/
if (owner) {
- switch (getFileType(path)) {
+ switch (getFileTypeNoFollowSymlinks(path)) {
case FT_NONEXISTANT:
createDirectory(path);
break;
diff --git a/ext/common/Utils.cpp b/ext/common/Utils.cpp
index 1f3dec5..d1db8d6 100644
--- a/ext/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/ext/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,35 @@
}
}
+FileType
+getFileTypeNoFollowSymlinks(const StaticString &filename) {
+ struct stat buf;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = lstat(filename.c_str(), &buf);
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ if (S_ISREG(buf.st_mode)) {
+ return FT_REGULAR;
+ } else if (S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
+ return FT_DIRECTORY;
+ } else if (S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode)) {
+ return FT_SYMLINK;
+ } else {
+ return FT_OTHER;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ return FT_NONEXISTANT;
+ } else {
+ int e = errno;
+ string message("Cannot lstat '");
+ message.append(filename);
+ message.append("'");
+ throw FileSystemException(message, e, filename);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
void
createFile(const string &filename, const StaticString &contents, mode_t permissions, uid_t owner,
gid_t group, bool overwrite)
diff --git a/ext/common/Utils.h b/ext/common/Utils.h
index 41e6214..5cfaf92 100644
--- a/ext/common/Utils.h
+++ b/ext/common/Utils.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
FT_REGULAR,
/** A directory. */
FT_DIRECTORY,
+ /** A symlink. Only returned by getFileTypeNoFollowSymlinks(), not by getFileType(). */
+ FT_SYMLINK,
/** Something else, e.g. a pipe or a socket. */
FT_OTHER
} FileType;
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ bool fileExists(const StaticString &filename, CachedFileStat *cstat = 0,
/**
* Check whether 'filename' exists and what kind of file it is.
*
- * @param filename The filename to check.
+ * @param filename The filename to check. It MUST be NULL-terminated.
* @param mstat A CachedFileStat object, if you want to use cached statting.
* @param throttleRate A throttle rate for cstat. Only applicable if cstat is not NULL.
* @return The file type.
@@ -121,6 +123,10 @@ bool fileExists(const StaticString &filename, CachedFileStat *cstat = 0,
*/
FileType getFileType(const StaticString &filename, CachedFileStat *cstat = 0,
unsigned int throttleRate = 0);
+/**
+ * Like getFileType(), but does not follow symlinks.
+ */
+FileType getFileTypeNoFollowSymlinks(const StaticString &filename);
/**
* Create the given file with the given contents, permissions and ownership.
--
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