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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>2021-03-29 14:40:40 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-03-29 14:40:40 +0200
commit9b999479c0022edfc9835a8a1f06e046f3881048 (patch)
tree6a56be72c600d87ef99093f2af420a8ee6ae53f7 /Lib/pydoc.py
parent4827483f47906fecee6b5d9097df2a69a293a85c (diff)
downloadcpython-git-9b999479c0022edfc9835a8a1f06e046f3881048.tar.gz
bpo-42988: Remove the pydoc getfile feature (GH-25015)
CVE-2021-3426: Remove the "getfile" feature of the pydoc module which could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk (directory traversal vulnerability). Moreover, even source code of Python modules can contain sensitive data like passwords. Vulnerability reported by David Schwörer.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/pydoc.py')
-rwxr-xr-xLib/pydoc.py18
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 282a917998..753ea97ba0 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -2456,9 +2456,6 @@ def _url_handler(url, content_type="text/html"):
%s</head><body bgcolor="#f0f0f8">%s<div style="clear:both;padding-top:.5em;">%s</div>
</body></html>''' % (title, css_link, html_navbar(), contents)
- def filelink(self, url, path):
- return '<a href="getfile?key=%s">%s</a>' % (url, path)
-
html = _HTMLDoc()
@@ -2544,19 +2541,6 @@ def _url_handler(url, content_type="text/html"):
'key = %s' % key, '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', '<br>'.join(results))
return 'Search Results', contents
- def html_getfile(path):
- """Get and display a source file listing safely."""
- path = urllib.parse.unquote(path)
- with tokenize.open(path) as fp:
- lines = html.escape(fp.read())
- body = '<pre>%s</pre>' % lines
- heading = html.heading(
- '<big><big><strong>File Listing</strong></big></big>',
- '#ffffff', '#7799ee')
- contents = heading + html.bigsection(
- 'File: %s' % path, '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', body)
- return 'getfile %s' % path, contents
-
def html_topics():
"""Index of topic texts available."""
@@ -2648,8 +2632,6 @@ def _url_handler(url, content_type="text/html"):
op, _, url = url.partition('=')
if op == "search?key":
title, content = html_search(url)
- elif op == "getfile?key":
- title, content = html_getfile(url)
elif op == "topic?key":
# try topics first, then objects.
try: