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-rw-r--r--time/tzfile.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/time/tzfile.c b/time/tzfile.c
index 761ddc9539..ed7b0932f3 100644
--- a/time/tzfile.c
+++ b/time/tzfile.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
#define NOID
#include <tzfile.h>
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ decode (const void *ptr)
void
__tzfile_read (const char *file)
{
+ static const char default_tzdir[] = TZDIR;
size_t num_isstd, num_isgmt;
register FILE *f;
struct tzhead tzhead;
@@ -111,9 +113,19 @@ __tzfile_read (const char *file)
/* User specified the empty string; use UTC explicitly. */
file = "Universal";
+ /* We must not allow to read an arbitrary file in a setuid program.
+ So we fail for any file which is not in the directory hierachy
+ starting at TZDIR. */
+ if (__libc_enable_secure
+ && ((*file == '/'
+ && memcmp (file, default_tzdir, sizeof (default_tzdir) - 1) != 0)
+ || strstr (file, "../") != NULL))
+ /* This test a certainly a bit too restrictive but it should catch all
+ critical case. */
+ return;
+
if (*file != '/')
{
- static const char default_tzdir[] = TZDIR;
const char *tzdir;
unsigned int len, tzdir_len;
char *new;