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-rw-r--r--lib/fileutils.rb39
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 344408485c..44082331f1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed May 25 19:48:12 2005 Minero Aoki <aamine@loveruby.net>
+
+ * lib/fileutils.rb (rm_r): does chown(2). [ruby-dev:26199]
+
Wed May 25 12:59:48 2005 Tanaka Akira <akr@m17n.org>
* lib/open-uri.rb (OpenURI::Meta::RE_QUOTED_STRING): a content of
diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 7c5307ff5c..18e881a9c4 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -682,8 +682,25 @@ module FileUtils
# FileUtils.rm_r '/', :force => true # :-)
#
# When :secure options is set, this method chmod(700) all directories
- # under +list+[n] at first. This option is required to avoid
- # time-to-check-to-time-to-use security problem. Default is :secure=>true.
+ # under +list+[n] at first. This option is required to avoid TOCTTOU
+ # (time-of-check-to-time-of-use) security vulnarability.
+ # Default is :secure=>true.
+ #
+ # WARNING: You must ensure that *ALL* parent directories are not
+ # world writable. Otherwise this option does not work.
+ #
+ # WARNING: Only the owner of the removing directory tree, or
+ # super user (root) should invoke this method. Otherwise this
+ # option does not work.
+ #
+ # WARNING: Currently, this option does NOT affect Win32 systems.
+ #
+ # For details of this security vulnerability, see Perl's case:
+ #
+ # http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0448
+ # http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0452
+ #
+ # For fileutils.rb, this vulnarability is reported in [ruby-dev:26100].
#
def rm_r(list, options = {})
fu_check_options options, :force, :noop, :verbose, :secure
@@ -702,10 +719,7 @@ module FileUtils
if st.symlink?
remove_file path, options[:force]
elsif st.directory?
- begin
- fu_clear_permission path if options[:secure]
- rescue
- end
+ fu_fix_permission path if options[:secure]
remove_dir path, options[:force]
else
remove_file path, options[:force]
@@ -715,23 +729,32 @@ module FileUtils
OPT_TABLE['rm_r'] = %w( noop verbose force )
- def fu_clear_permission(prefix)
+ # Ensure directories are not world writable.
+ def fu_fix_permission(prefix) #:nodoc:
fu_find([prefix]) do |path, lstat|
if lstat.directory?
begin
+ File.chown Process.euid, nil, path
+ rescue Errno::EPERM
+ end
+ begin
File.chmod 0700, path
rescue Errno::EPERM
end
end
end
+ rescue
end
- private :fu_clear_permission
+ private :fu_fix_permission
#
# Options: noop verbose secure
#
# Same as
# #rm_r(list, :force => true)
+ #
+ # WARNING: This method may cause serious security problem.
+ # Read the documentation of #rm_r first.
#
def rm_rf(list, options = {})
fu_check_options options, :noop, :verbose, :secure