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-rw-r--r--Lib/dbm/dumb.py3
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_dbm_dumb.py9
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/dumb.py b/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
index 8f48aad..a9ead68 100644
--- a/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/dbm/dumb.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ is read when the database is opened, and some updates rewrite the whole index)
"""
+import ast as _ast
import io as _io
import os as _os
import collections
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class _Database(collections.MutableMapping):
with f:
for line in f:
line = line.rstrip()
- key, pos_and_siz_pair = eval(line)
+ key, pos_and_siz_pair = _ast.literal_eval(line)
key = key.encode('Latin-1')
self._index[key] = pos_and_siz_pair
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dbm_dumb.py b/Lib/test/test_dbm_dumb.py
index 29f48a3..dc88ca6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dbm_dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dbm_dumb.py
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ class DumbDBMTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
"DBM object has already been closed")
+ def test_eval(self):
+ with open(_fname + '.dir', 'w') as stream:
+ stream.write("str(print('Hacked!')), 0\n")
+ with support.captured_stdout() as stdout:
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ with dumbdbm.open(_fname) as f:
+ pass
+ self.assertEqual(stdout.getvalue(), '')
+
def tearDown(self):
_delete_files()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ca4685c..b453fe4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #22885: Fixed arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the dbm.dumb
+ module. Original patch by Claudiu Popa.
+
- Issue #23146: Fix mishandling of absolute Windows paths with forward
slashes in pathlib.