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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2014-11-06 14:49:10 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2014-11-06 14:49:10 +0000
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Prevent archive memebers with illegal pathnames from being extracted from an archive.
PR binutils/17552, binutils/17533 * bucomm.c (is_valid_archive_path): New function. Returns false for absolute pathnames and pathnames that include /../. * bucomm.h (is_valid_archive_path): Add prototype. * ar.c (extract_file): Use new function to check for valid pathnames when extracting files from an archive. * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Likewise. * doc/binutils.texi: Update documentation to mention the limitation on pathname of archive members.
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@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ a normal archive. Instead the elements of the first archive are added
individually to the second archive.
The paths to the elements of the archive are stored relative to the
-archive itself.
+archive itself. For security reasons absolute paths and paths with a
+@code{/../} component are not allowed.
@cindex compatibility, @command{ar}
@cindex @command{ar} compatibility