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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2011-02-09 02:14:24 +0000
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2011-02-09 02:14:24 +0000
commit570a32a047ea56265646217264b0d3dab1a14dbd (patch)
tree05dbdfa396e8ef6da1cd83c8afd988234055d43f
parent408c5c873ce1437c7eee9544ff279ecbad7e150a (diff)
[1.1.X] Fixed a security issue in the file session backend. Disclosure and new release forthcoming.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.1.X@15469 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
-rw-r--r--django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py6
-rw-r--r--django/contrib/sessions/tests.py11
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
index 3f6350345f..c3516ea328 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class SessionStore(SessionBase):
self.file_prefix = settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME
super(SessionStore, self).__init__(session_key)
+ VALID_KEY_CHARS = set("abcdef0123456789")
+
def _key_to_file(self, session_key=None):
"""
Get the file associated with this session key.
@@ -36,9 +38,9 @@ class SessionStore(SessionBase):
# Make sure we're not vulnerable to directory traversal. Session keys
# should always be md5s, so they should never contain directory
# components.
- if os.path.sep in session_key:
+ if not set(session_key).issubset(self.VALID_KEY_CHARS):
raise SuspiciousOperation(
- "Invalid characters (directory components) in session key")
+ "Invalid characters in session key")
return os.path.join(self.storage_path, self.file_prefix + session_key)
diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
index f0a3c4ec8c..01faab859c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
@@ -129,6 +129,17 @@ True
>>> file_session = FileSession(file_session.session_key)
>>> file_session.save()
+# Ensure we don't allow directory traversal
+>>> FileSession("a/b/c").load()
+Traceback (innermost last):
+ ...
+SuspiciousOperation: Invalid characters in session key
+
+>>> FileSession("a\\b\\c").load()
+Traceback (innermost last):
+ ...
+SuspiciousOperation: Invalid characters in session key
+
# Make sure the file backend checks for a good storage dir
>>> settings.SESSION_FILE_PATH = "/if/this/directory/exists/you/have/a/weird/computer"
>>> FileSession()