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-rw-r--r--Mailman/Cgi/private.py9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
index 5fa5398e..cacc79cd 100644
--- a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
+++ b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
@@ -35,13 +35,16 @@ from Mailman.Logging.Syslog import syslog
_ = i18n._
i18n.set_language(mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE)
+SLASH = '/'
+
def true_path(path):
"Ensure that the path is safe by removing .."
- path = path.replace('../', '')
- path = path.replace('./', '')
- return path[1:]
+ # Workaround for path traverse vulnerablity. Unsuccessfull attempt
+ # will be logged in logs/error, anyway.
+ parts = [x for x in path.split(SLASH) if x not in ('.', '..')]
+ return SLASH.join(parts)[1:]