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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-03-12 03:57:23 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-03-12 03:57:23 +0000
commit8167b4556460394a6b1a4e5277b4000a0c442b9a (patch)
treed969bd152758309d59628517ce03a49f32a54788 /utils/perldoc.PL
parent6798c92bb7a17a5333f2eeaaadd5e3c017b4529a (diff)
downloadperl-8167b4556460394a6b1a4e5277b4000a0c442b9a.tar.gz
security fixes for perldoc (from Tom Christiansen)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5672
Diffstat (limited to 'utils/perldoc.PL')
-rw-r--r--utils/perldoc.PL242
1 files changed, 154 insertions, 88 deletions
diff --git a/utils/perldoc.PL b/utils/perldoc.PL
index 7147607f60..6430589ec1 100644
--- a/utils/perldoc.PL
+++ b/utils/perldoc.PL
@@ -30,22 +30,35 @@ $Config{startperl}
eval 'exec $Config{perlpath} -S \$0 \${1+"\$@"}'
if 0;
+use warnings;
use strict;
+
+# make sure creat()s are neither too much nor too little
+INIT { eval { umask(0077) } } # doubtless someone has no mask
+
my \@pagers = ();
push \@pagers, "$Config{'pager'}" if -x "$Config{'pager'}";
+
!GROK!THIS!
# In the following, perl variables are not expanded during extraction.
print OUT <<'!NO!SUBS!';
+use Fcntl; # for sysopen
+use Getopt::Std;
+use Config '%Config';
+
#
# Perldoc revision #1 -- look up a piece of documentation in .pod format that
# is embedded in the perl installation tree.
#
-# This is not to be confused with Tom Christianson's perlman, which is a
+# This is not to be confused with Tom Christiansen's perlman, which is a
# man replacement, written in perl. This perldoc is strictly for reading
# the perl manuals, though it too is written in perl.
+#
+# Massive security and correctness patches applied to this
+# noisome program by Tom Christiansen Sat Mar 11 15:22:33 MST 2000
if (@ARGV<1) {
my $me = $0; # Editing $0 is unportable
@@ -60,9 +73,6 @@ acquainted with the system.
EOF
}
-use Getopt::Std;
-use Config '%Config';
-
my @global_found = ();
my $global_target = "";
@@ -70,6 +80,14 @@ my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
my $Is_MSWin32 = $^O eq 'MSWin32';
my $Is_Dos = $^O eq 'dos';
+# refuse to run if we should be tainting and aren't
+# (but regular users deserve protection too, though!)
+if (!($Is_VMS || $Is_MSWin32 || $Is_Dos) && ($> == 0 || $< == 0)
+ && !am_taint_checking())
+{
+ die "Superuser must not run $0 without security audit and taint checks.\n";
+}
+
sub usage{
warn "@_\n" if @_;
# Erase evidence of previous errors (if any), so exit status is simple.
@@ -141,14 +159,14 @@ if ($opt_X) {
$podidx = "" unless -f $podidx && -r _ && -M _ <= 7;
}
-if ((my $opts = do{ local $^W; $opt_t + $opt_u + $opt_m + $opt_l }) > 1) {
+if ((my $opts = do{ no warnings; $opt_t + $opt_u + $opt_m + $opt_l }) > 1) {
usage("only one of -t, -u, -m or -l")
}
elsif ($Is_MSWin32
|| $Is_Dos
- || !(exists $ENV{TERM} && $ENV{TERM} !~ /dumb|emacs|none|unknown/i))
+ || !($ENV{TERM} && $ENV{TERM} !~ /dumb|emacs|none|unknown/i))
{
- $opt_t = 1 unless $opts
+ $opt_t = 1 unless $opts;
}
if ($opt_t) { require Pod::Text; import Pod::Text; }
@@ -166,30 +184,34 @@ else {
# Does this look like a module or extension directory?
if (-f "Makefile.PL") {
- # Add ., lib and blib/* libs to @INC (if they exist)
- unshift(@INC, '.');
- unshift(@INC, 'lib') if -d 'lib';
- require ExtUtils::testlib;
+
+ # Add ., lib to @INC (if they exist)
+ eval q{ use lib qw(. lib); 1; } or die;
+
+ # don't add if superuser
+ if ($< && $>) { # don't be looking too hard now!
+ eval q{ use blib; 1 } or die;
+ }
}
sub containspod {
my($file, $readit) = @_;
- return 1 if !$readit && $file =~ /\.pod$/i;
+ return 1 if !$readit && $file =~ /\.pod\z/i;
local($_);
- open(TEST,"<$file");
+ open(TEST,"<", $file) or die "Can't open $file: $!";
while (<TEST>) {
if (/^=head/) {
- close(TEST);
+ close(TEST) or die "Can't close $file: $!";
return 1;
}
}
- close(TEST);
+ close(TEST) or die "Can't close $file: $!";
return 0;
}
sub minus_f_nocase {
my($dir,$file) = @_;
- my $path = join('/',$dir,$file);
+ my $path = join('/',$dir,$file); # XXX: dirseps
return $path if -f $path and -r _;
if (!$opt_i or $Is_VMS or $Is_MSWin32 or $Is_Dos or $^O eq 'os2') {
# on a case-forgiving file system or if case is important
@@ -198,16 +220,18 @@ sub minus_f_nocase {
return '';
}
local *DIR;
+ # this is completely wicked. don't mess with $", and if
+ # you do, don't assume / is the dirsep!
local($")="/";
my @p = ($dir);
my($p,$cip);
- foreach $p (split(/\//, $file)){
+ foreach $p (split(m!/!, $file)){ # XXX: dirseps
my $try = "@p/$p";
stat $try;
if (-d _) {
push @p, $p;
if ( $p eq $global_target) {
- my $tmp_path = join ('/', @p);
+ my $tmp_path = join ('/', @p); # XXX: dirseps
my $path_f = 0;
for (@global_found) {
$path_f = 1 if $_ eq $tmp_path;
@@ -222,17 +246,17 @@ sub minus_f_nocase {
elsif (-f _) {
warn "Ignored $try: unreadable\n";
}
- else {
+ elsif (-d "@p") {
my $found=0;
my $lcp = lc $p;
- opendir DIR, "@p";
+ opendir DIR, "@p" or die "opendir @p: $!";
while ($cip=readdir(DIR)) {
if (lc $cip eq $lcp){
$found++;
last;
}
}
- closedir DIR;
+ closedir DIR or die "closedir @p: $!";
return "" unless $found;
push @p, $cip;
return "@p" if -f "@p" and -r _;
@@ -266,10 +290,10 @@ sub searchfor {
my $ret;
my $i;
my $dir;
- $global_target = (split('/', $s))[-1];
+ $global_target = (split(m!/!, $s))[-1]; # XXX: dirseps
for ($i=0; $i<@dirs; $i++) {
$dir = $dirs[$i];
- ($dir = VMS::Filespec::unixpath($dir)) =~ s!/$!! if $Is_VMS;
+ ($dir = VMS::Filespec::unixpath($dir)) =~ s!/\z!! if $Is_VMS;
if ( ( $ret = check_file $dir,"$s.pod")
or ( $ret = check_file $dir,"$s.pm")
or ( $ret = check_file $dir,$s)
@@ -288,15 +312,16 @@ sub searchfor {
}
if ($recurse) {
- opendir(D,$dir);
- my @newdirs = map "$dir/$_", grep {
- not /^\.\.?$/ and
- not /^auto$/ and # save time! don't search auto dirs
- -d "$dir/$_"
+ opendir(D,$dir) or die "Can't opendir $dir: $!";
+ my @newdirs = map "$dir/$_", grep { # XXX: dirseps
+ not /^\.\.?\z/s and
+ not /^auto\z/s and # save time! don't search auto dirs
+ -d "$dir/$_" # XXX: dirseps
} readdir D;
- closedir(D);
+ closedir(D) or die "Can't closedir $dir: $!";
next unless @newdirs;
- @newdirs = map((s/.dir$//,$_)[1],@newdirs) if $Is_VMS;
+ # what a wicked map!
+ @newdirs = map((s/\.dir\z//,$_)[1],@newdirs) if $Is_VMS;
print STDERR "Also looking in @newdirs\n" if $opt_v;
push(@dirs,@newdirs);
}
@@ -318,45 +343,58 @@ sub printout {
my $err;
if ($opt_t) {
- open(OUT,">>$tmp") or warn("Can't open $tmp: $!"), return;
+ # why was this append?
+ sysopen(OUT, $tmp, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT, 0600)
+ or die ("Can't open $tmp: $!");
Pod::Text->new()->parse_from_file($file,\*OUT);
- close OUT;
+ close OUT or die "can't close $tmp: $!";
}
elsif (not $opt_u) {
- my $cmd = "pod2man --lax $_ | $opt_n -man";
+ my $cmd = "pod2man --lax $file | $opt_n -man";
$cmd .= " | col -x" if $^O =~ /hpux/;
my $rslt = `$cmd`;
$rslt = filter_nroff($rslt) if $filter;
unless (($err = $?)) {
- open(TMP,">>$tmp") or warn("Can't open $tmp: $!"), return;
- print TMP $rslt;
- close TMP;
+ # why was this append?
+ sysopen(TMP, $tmp, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT, 0600)
+ or die "Can't open $tmp: $!";
+ print TMP $rslt
+ or die "Can't print $tmp: $!";
+ close TMP
+ or die "Can't close $tmp: $!";
}
}
- if ($opt_u or $err or -z $tmp) {
- open(OUT,">>$tmp") or warn("Can't open $tmp: $!"), return;
- open(IN,"<$file") or warn("Can't open $file: $!"), return;
+ if ($opt_u or $err or -z $tmp) { # XXX: race with -z
+ # why was this append?
+ sysopen(OUT, $tmp, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT, 0600)
+ or die "Can't open $tmp: $!";
+ open(IN,"<", $file) or die("Can't open $file: $!");
my $cut = 1;
+ local $_;
while (<IN>) {
$cut = $1 eq 'cut' if /^=(\w+)/;
next if $cut;
- print OUT;
+ print OUT
+ or die "Can't print $tmp: $!";
}
- close IN;
- close OUT;
+ close IN or die "Can't close $file: $!";
+ close OUT or die "Can't close $tmp: $!";
}
}
sub page {
my ($tmp, $no_tty, @pagers) = @_;
if ($no_tty) {
- open(TMP,"<$tmp") or warn("Can't open $tmp: $!"), return;
- print while <TMP>;
- close TMP;
+ open(TMP,"<", $tmp) or die "Can't open $tmp: $!";
+ local $_;
+ while (<TMP>) {
+ print or die "Can't print to stdout: $!";
+ }
+ close TMP or die "Can't close while $tmp: $!";
}
else {
foreach my $pager (@pagers) {
- system("$pager $tmp") or last;
+ last if system("$pager $tmp") == 0;
}
}
}
@@ -364,34 +402,26 @@ sub page {
sub cleanup {
my @files = @_;
for (@files) {
- 1 while unlink($_); #Possibly pointless VMSism
+ if ($Is_VMS) {
+ 1 while unlink($_); # XXX: expect failure
+ } else {
+ unlink($_); # or die "Can't unlink $_: $!";
+ }
}
}
-sub safe_exit {
- my ($val, @files) = @_;
- cleanup(@files);
- exit $val;
-}
-
-sub safe_die {
- my ($msg, @files) = @_;
- cleanup(@files);
- die $msg;
-}
-
my @found;
foreach (@pages) {
if ($podidx && open(PODIDX, $podidx)) {
my $searchfor = $_;
- local($_);
- $searchfor =~ s,::,/,g;
+ $searchfor =~ s,::,/,g; # XXX: dirseps
print STDERR "Searching for '$searchfor' in $podidx\n" if $opt_v;
+ local $_;
while (<PODIDX>) {
chomp;
- push(@found, $_) if m,/$searchfor(?:\.(?:pod|pm))?$,i;
+ push(@found, $_) if m,/$searchfor(?:\.(?:pod|pm))?\z,i;
}
- close(PODIDX);
+ close(PODIDX) or die "Can't close $podidx: $!";
next;
}
print STDERR "Searching for $_\n" if $opt_v;
@@ -422,7 +452,7 @@ foreach (@pages) {
}
else {
# no match, try recursive search
- @searchdirs = grep(!/^\.$/,@INC);
+ @searchdirs = grep(!/^\.\z/s,@INC);
@files= searchfor(1,$_,@searchdirs) if $opt_r;
if (@files) {
print STDERR "Loosely found as @files\n" if $opt_v;
@@ -432,13 +462,13 @@ foreach (@pages) {
if (@global_found) {
print STDERR "However, try\n";
for my $dir (@global_found) {
- opendir(DIR, $dir) or die "$!";
+ opendir(DIR, $dir) or die "opendir $dir: $!";
while (my $file = readdir(DIR)) {
- next if ($file =~ /^\./);
- $file =~ s/\.(pm|pod)$//;
+ next if ($file =~ /^\./s);
+ $file =~ s/\.(pm|pod)\z//; # XXX: badfs
print STDERR "\tperldoc $_\::$file\n";
}
- closedir DIR;
+ closedir DIR or die "closedir $dir: $!";
}
}
}
@@ -459,10 +489,12 @@ my $lines = $ENV{LINES} || 24;
my $no_tty;
if (! -t STDOUT) { $no_tty = 1 }
+END { close(STDOUT) || die "Can't close STDOUT: $!" }
# until here we could simply exit or die
# now we create temporary files that we have to clean up
# namely $tmp, $buffer
+# that's because you did it wrong, should be descriptor based --tchrist
my $tmp;
my $buffer;
@@ -494,38 +526,51 @@ else {
unshift @pagers, 'less', 'cmd /c more <';
}
else {
- $tmp = "/tmp/perldoc1.$$";
- $buffer = "/tmp/perldoc1.b$$";
+ # XXX: this is not secure, because it doesn't open it
+ ($tmp, $buffer) = eval { require POSIX }
+ ? (POSIX::tmpnam(), POSIX::tmpnam() )
+ : ("/tmp/perldoc1.$$", "/tmp/perldoc1.b$$" );
}
push @pagers, qw( more less pg view cat );
unshift @pagers, $ENV{PAGER} if $ENV{PAGER};
}
unshift @pagers, $ENV{PERLDOC_PAGER} if $ENV{PERLDOC_PAGER};
-# all exit calls from here on have to be safe_exit calls (see above)
-# and all die calls safe_die calls to guarantee removal of files and
-# dir as needed
+# make sure cleanup called
+eval q{
+ sub END { cleanup($tmp, $buffer) }
+ 1;
+} || die;
+eval q{ use sigtrap qw(die INT TERM HUP QUIT) };
if ($opt_m) {
foreach my $pager (@pagers) {
- system("$pager @found") or safe_exit(0, $tmp, $buffer);
+ if (system($pager, @found) == 0) {
+ exit;
+ }
}
- if ($Is_VMS) { eval 'use vmsish qw(status exit); exit $?' }
- # I don't get the line above. Please patch yourself as needed.
- safe_exit(1, $tmp, $buffer);
+ if ($Is_VMS) {
+ eval q{
+ use vmsish qw(status exit);
+ exit $?;
+ 1;
+ } or die;
+ }
+ exit(1);
}
my @pod;
if ($opt_f) {
my $perlfunc = shift @found;
- open(PFUNC, $perlfunc)
- or safe_die("Can't open $perlfunc: $!", $tmp, $buffer);
+ open(PFUNC, "<", $perlfunc)
+ or die("Can't open $perlfunc: $!");
# Functions like -r, -e, etc. are listed under `-X'.
my $search_string = ($opt_f =~ /^-[rwxoRWXOeszfdlpSbctugkTBMAC]$/)
? 'I<-X' : $opt_f ;
# Skip introduction
+ local $_;
while (<PFUNC>) {
last if /^=head2 Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions/;
}
@@ -553,20 +598,22 @@ if ($opt_f) {
if (!@pod) {
die "No documentation for perl function `$opt_f' found\n";
}
+ close PFUNC or die "Can't open $perlfunc: $!";
}
if ($opt_q) {
local @ARGV = @found; # I'm lazy, sue me.
my $found = 0;
my %found_in;
- my $rx = eval { qr/$opt_q/ };
- die <<EOD unless $rx;
+ my $rx = eval { qr/$opt_q/ } or die <<EOD;
Invalid regular expression '$opt_q' given as -q pattern:
$@
Did you mean \\Q$opt_q ?
EOD
+ for (@found) { die "invalid file spec: $!" if /[<>|]/ }
+ local $_;
while (<>) {
if (/^=head2\s+.*(?:$opt_q)/oi) {
$found = 1;
@@ -579,19 +626,19 @@ EOD
push @pod, $_;
}
if (!@pod) {
- safe_die("No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `$opt_q' found\n",
- $tmp, $buffer);
+ die("No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `$opt_q' found\n");
}
}
my $filter;
if (@pod) {
- open(TMP,">$buffer") or safe_die("Can't open '$buffer': $!", $tmp, $buffer);
+ sysopen(TMP, $buffer, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT)
+ or die("Can't open $buffer: $!");
print TMP "=over 8\n\n";
- print TMP @pod;
+ print TMP @pod or die "Can't print $buffer: $!";
print TMP "=back\n";
- close TMP;
+ close TMP or die "Can't close $buffer: $!";
@found = $buffer;
$filter = 1;
}
@@ -601,7 +648,21 @@ foreach (@found) {
}
page($tmp, $no_tty, @pagers);
-safe_exit(0, $tmp, $buffer);
+exit;
+
+sub is_tainted {
+ my $arg = shift;
+ my $nada = substr($arg, 0, 0); # zero-length
+ local $@; # preserve caller's version
+ eval { eval "# $nada" };
+ return length($@) != 0;
+}
+
+sub am_taint_checking {
+ my($k,$v) = each %ENV;
+ return is_tainted($v);
+}
+
__END__
@@ -708,7 +769,7 @@ One useful value for C<PERLDOC_PAGER> is C<less -+C -E>.
=head1 VERSION
-This is perldoc v2.0.
+This is perldoc v2.01.
=head1 AUTHOR
@@ -720,6 +781,11 @@ and others.
=cut
#
+# Version 2.01: Sat Mar 11 15:22:33 MST 2000
+# Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>, querulously.
+# Security and correctness patches.
+# What a twisted bit of distasteful spaghetti code.
+# Version 2.0: ????
# Version 1.15: Tue Aug 24 01:50:20 EST 1999
# Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
# changed /pod/ directory to /pods/ for cygwin