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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl9
-rw-r--r--tests/msgcat.test22
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f012094..0090ae7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-31 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+ * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Added checks to prevent [mclocale]
+ * tests/msgcat.test: from registering filesystem paths to possibly
+ malicious code to be evaluated by a later [mcload].
+
2004-08-10 Zoran Vasiljevic <vasiljevic@users.sf.net>
* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): changed handling of
diff --git a/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl b/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
index 4db7890..a4cf23e 100644
--- a/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
+++ b/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
# See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
# of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
#
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: msgcat.tcl,v 1.21 2004/03/31 18:51:33 dgp Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: msgcat.tcl,v 1.22 2004/08/13 21:39:24 dgp Exp $
package require Tcl 8.5
# When the version number changes, be sure to update the pkgIndex.tcl file,
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ proc msgcat::mclocale {args} {
}
if {$len == 1} {
- set Locale [string tolower [lindex $args 0]]
+ set newLocale [lindex $args 0]
+ if {$newLocale ne [file tail $newLocale]} {
+ return -code error "invalid newLocale value \"$newLocale\":\
+ could be path to unsafe code."
+ }
+ set Locale [string tolower $newLocale]
set Loclist {}
set word ""
foreach part [split $Locale _] {
diff --git a/tests/msgcat.test b/tests/msgcat.test
index 2f37408..6e05d64 100644
--- a/tests/msgcat.test
+++ b/tests/msgcat.test
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
# Note that after running these tests, entries will be left behind in the
# message catalogs for locales foo, foo_BAR, and foo_BAR_baz.
#
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: msgcat.test,v 1.14 2003/10/21 05:10:17 dgp Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: msgcat.test,v 1.15 2004/08/13 21:39:24 dgp Exp $
package require Tcl 8.2
if {[catch {package require tcltest 2}]} {
puts stderr "Skipping tests in [info script]. tcltest 2 required."
return
}
-if {[catch {package require msgcat 1.4}]} {
- puts stderr "Skipping tests in [info script]. No msgcat 1.4 found to test."
+if {[catch {package require msgcat 1.4.1}]} {
+ puts stderr "Skipping tests in [info script]. No msgcat 1.4.1 found to test."
return
}
@@ -165,6 +165,22 @@ namespace eval ::msgcat::test {
mcpreferences
} -result {en_us_funky en_us en {}}
+ test msgcat-1.12 {mclocale set, reject evil input} -setup {
+ variable locale [mclocale]
+ } -cleanup {
+ mclocale $locale
+ } -body {
+ mclocale /path/to/evil/code
+ } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid newLocale value *}
+
+ test msgcat-1.13 {mclocale set, reject evil input} -setup {
+ variable locale [mclocale]
+ } -cleanup {
+ mclocale $locale
+ } -body {
+ mclocale looks/ok/../../../../but/is/path/to/evil/code
+ } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid newLocale value *}
+
# Tests msgcat-2.*: [mcset], [mcmset], namespace partitioning
test msgcat-2.1 {mcset, global scope} {