[1.7.x] Fixed a remote code execution vulnerabilty in URL reversing.

Thanks Benjamin Bach for the report and initial patch.

This is a security fix; disclosure to follow shortly.

Backport of 8b93b31487d6d3b0fcbbd0498991ea0db9088054 from master

4 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/nonimported_module.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/nonimported_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df046333d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/nonimported_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+def view(request):
+    """Stub view"""
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
index a57b7e2a17..b2b2d5fc65 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Unit tests for reverse URL lookups.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -355,6 +357,25 @@ class ReverseShortcutTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.url, '/foo/')
         res = redirect('http://example.com/')
         self.assertEqual(res.url, 'http://example.com/')
+        # Assert that we can redirect using UTF-8 strings
+        res = redirect('/æøå/abc/')
+        self.assertEqual(res.url, '/%C3%A6%C3%B8%C3%A5/abc/')
+        # Assert that no imports are attempted when dealing with a relative path
+        # (previously, the below would resolve in a UnicodeEncodeError from __import__ )
+        res = redirect('/æøå.abc/')
+        self.assertEqual(res.url, '/%C3%A6%C3%B8%C3%A5.abc/')
+        res = redirect('os.path')
+        self.assertEqual(res.url, 'os.path')
+
+    def test_no_illegal_imports(self):
+        # modules that are not listed in urlpatterns should not be importable
+        redirect("urlpatterns_reverse.nonimported_module.view")
+        self.assertNotIn("urlpatterns_reverse.nonimported_module", sys.modules)
+
+    def test_reverse_by_path_nested(self):
+        # Views that are added to urlpatterns using include() should be
+        # reversable by doted path.
+        self.assertEqual(reverse('urlpatterns_reverse.views.nested_view'), '/includes/nested_path/')
 
     def test_redirect_view_object(self):
         from .views import absolute_kwargs_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
index 923d0c7558..c79715e5bd 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from .views import empty_view, absolute_kwargs_view
 
 other_patterns = patterns('',
     url(r'non_path_include/$', empty_view, name='non_path_include'),
+    url(r'nested_path/$', 'urlpatterns_reverse.views.nested_view'),
 )
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/views.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/views.py
index f23b4bf257..610feb8451 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/views.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/views.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def defaults_view(request, arg1, arg2):
     pass
 
 
+def nested_view(request):
+    pass
+
+
 def erroneous_view(request):
     import non_existent  # NOQA