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-rw-r--r--src/script/cpp_api/s_security.cpp26
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/script/cpp_api/s_security.cpp b/src/script/cpp_api/s_security.cpp
index b915747c6..1b1f148cd 100644
--- a/src/script/cpp_api/s_security.cpp
+++ b/src/script/cpp_api/s_security.cpp
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ bool ScriptApiSecurity::checkPath(lua_State *L, const char *path,
std::string str; // Transient
- std::string norel_path = fs::RemoveRelativePathComponents(path);
- std::string abs_path = fs::AbsolutePath(norel_path);
+ std::string abs_path = fs::AbsolutePath(path);
if (!abs_path.empty()) {
// Don't allow accessing the settings file
@@ -356,18 +355,29 @@ bool ScriptApiSecurity::checkPath(lua_State *L, const char *path,
// If we couldn't find the absolute path (path doesn't exist) then
// try removing the last components until it works (to allow
// non-existent files/folders for mkdir).
- std::string cur_path = norel_path;
+ std::string cur_path = path;
std::string removed;
while (abs_path.empty() && !cur_path.empty()) {
- std::string tmp_rmed;
- cur_path = fs::RemoveLastPathComponent(cur_path, &tmp_rmed);
- removed = tmp_rmed + (removed.empty() ? "" : DIR_DELIM + removed);
+ std::string component;
+ cur_path = fs::RemoveLastPathComponent(cur_path, &component);
+ if (component == "..") {
+ // Parent components can't be allowed or we could allow something like
+ // /home/user/minetest/worlds/foo/noexist/../../../../../../etc/passwd.
+ // If we have previous non-relative elements in the path we might be
+ // able to remove them so that things like worlds/foo/noexist/../auth.txt
+ // could be allowed, but those paths will be interpreted as nonexistent
+ // by the operating system anyways.
+ return false;
+ }
+ removed = component + (removed.empty() ? "" : DIR_DELIM + removed);
abs_path = fs::AbsolutePath(cur_path);
}
- if (abs_path.empty()) return false;
+ if (abs_path.empty())
+ return false;
// Add the removed parts back so that you can't, eg, create a
// directory in worldmods if worldmods doesn't exist.
- if (!removed.empty()) abs_path += DIR_DELIM + removed;
+ if (!removed.empty())
+ abs_path += DIR_DELIM + removed;
// Get server from registry
lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, CUSTOM_RIDX_SCRIPTAPI);