Fixes to safe_eval

1 files changed, 72 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
index 02148faff0..c4e03aa76b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from ansible.utils.plugins import *
 from ansible.utils import template
 from ansible.callbacks import display
 import ansible.constants as C
+import ast
 import time
 import StringIO
 import stat
@@ -945,51 +946,95 @@ def is_list_of_strings(items):
             return False
     return True
 
-def safe_eval(str, locals=None, include_exceptions=False):
+def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
     '''
     this is intended for allowing things like:
     with_items: a_list_variable
     where Jinja2 would return a string
     but we do not want to allow it to call functions (outside of Jinja2, where
     the env is constrained)
+
+    Based on:
+    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12523516/using-ast-and-whitelists-to-make-pythons-eval-safe
     '''
-    # FIXME: is there a more native way to do this?
 
-    def is_set(var):
-        return not var.startswith("$") and not '{{' in var
+    # this is the whitelist of AST nodes we are going to 
+    # allow in the evaluation. Any node type other than 
+    # those listed here will raise an exception in our custom
+    # visitor class defined below.
+    SAFE_NODES = set(
+        (
+            ast.Expression,
+            ast.Compare,
+            ast.Str,
+            ast.List,
+            ast.Tuple,
+            ast.Dict,
+            ast.Call,
+            ast.Load,
+            ast.BinOp,
+            ast.UnaryOp,
+            ast.Num,
+            ast.Name,
+            ast.Add,
+            ast.Sub,
+            ast.Mult,
+            ast.Div,
+        )
+    )
+
+    # AST node types were expanded after 2.6
+    if not sys.version.startswith('2.6'):
+        SAFE_NODES.union(
+            set(
+                (ast.Set,)
+            )
+        )
 
-    def is_unset(var):
-        return var.startswith("$") or '{{' in var
+    # builtin functions that are not safe to call
+    INVALID_CALLS = (
+       'classmethod', 'compile', 'delattr', 'eval', 'execfile', 'file',
+       'filter', 'help', 'input', 'object', 'open', 'raw_input', 'reduce',
+       'reload', 'repr', 'setattr', 'staticmethod', 'super', 'type',
+    )
 
-    # do not allow method calls to modules
-    if not isinstance(str, basestring):
+    class CleansingNodeVisitor(ast.NodeVisitor):
+        def generic_visit(self, node):
+            if type(node) not in SAFE_NODES:
+                #raise Exception("invalid expression (%s) type=%s" % (expr, type(node)))
+                raise Exception("invalid expression (%s)" % expr)
+            super(CleansingNodeVisitor, self).generic_visit(node)
+        def visit_Call(self, call):
+            if call.func.id in INVALID_CALLS:
+                raise Exception("invalid function: %s" % call.func.id)
+
+    if not isinstance(expr, basestring):
         # already templated to a datastructure, perhaps?
         if include_exceptions:
-            return (str, None)
-        return str
-    if re.search(r'\w\.\w+\(', str):
-        if include_exceptions:
-            return (str, None)
-        return str
-    # do not allow imports
-    if re.search(r'import \w+', str):
-        if include_exceptions:
-            return (str, None)
-        return str
+            return (expr, None)
+        return expr
+
     try:
-        result = None
-        if not locals:
-            result = eval(str)
-        else:
-            result = eval(str, None, locals)
+        parsed_tree = ast.parse(expr, mode='eval')
+        cnv = CleansingNodeVisitor()
+        cnv.visit(parsed_tree)
+        compiled = compile(parsed_tree, expr, 'eval')
+        result = eval(compiled, {}, locals)
+
         if include_exceptions:
             return (result, None)
         else:
             return result
+    except SyntaxError, e:
+        # special handling for syntax errors, we just return
+        # the expression string back as-is
+        if include_exceptions:
+            return (expr, None)
+        return expr
     except Exception, e:
         if include_exceptions:
-            return (str, e)
-        return str
+            return (expr, e)
+        return expr
 
 
 def listify_lookup_plugin_terms(terms, basedir, inject):
@@ -1001,7 +1046,7 @@ def listify_lookup_plugin_terms(terms, basedir, inject):
         #    with_items: {{ alist }}
 
         stripped = terms.strip()
-        if not (stripped.startswith('{') or stripped.startswith('[')) and not stripped.startswith("/"):
+        if not (stripped.startswith('{') or stripped.startswith('[')) and not stripped.startswith("/") and not stripped.startswith('set(['):
             # if not already a list, get ready to evaluate with Jinja2
             # not sure why the "/" is in above code :)
             try: