pkgsrc/lang/python22/patches/patch-an
drochner 2cefade65d apply the security fix from
http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/
This disables hierarchical object lookups in SimpleXMLRPCServer.
Unfortunately, this breaks some applications (eg kenosis). Don't
shoot me for this.
bump PKGREVISION
2005-02-04 15:39:04 +00:00

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$NetBSD: patch-an,v 1.1 2005/02/04 15:39:04 drochner Exp $
--- Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py.orig 2001-09-29 06:54:33.000000000 +0200
+++ Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTT
try:
func = _resolve_dotted_attribute(
self.server.instance,
- method
+ method,
+ self.allow_dotted_names
)
except AttributeError:
pass
@@ -178,11 +179,20 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTT
BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_request(self, code, size)
-def _resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr):
+def _resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr, allow_dotted_names=True):
"""Resolves a dotted attribute name to an object. Raises
an AttributeError if any attribute in the chain starts with a '_'.
+
+ If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is false, dots are not
+ supported and this function operates similar to getattr(obj, attr).
"""
- for i in attr.split('.'):
+
+ if allow_dotted_names:
+ attrs = attr.split('.')
+ else:
+ attrs = [attr]
+
+ for i in attrs:
if i.startswith('_'):
raise AttributeError(
'attempt to access private attribute "%s"' % i
@@ -206,7 +216,7 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCServer(SocketServer.TC
self.instance = None
SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler)
- def register_instance(self, instance):
+ def register_instance(self, instance, allow_dotted_names=False):
"""Registers an instance to respond to XML-RPC requests.
Only one instance can be installed at a time.
@@ -225,9 +235,23 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCServer(SocketServer.TC
If a registered function matches a XML-RPC request, then it
will be called instead of the registered instance.
+
+ If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is true and the
+ instance does not have a _dispatch method, method names
+ containing dots are supported and resolved, as long as none of
+ the name segments start with an '_'.
+
+ *** SECURITY WARNING: ***
+
+ Enabling the allow_dotted_names options allows intruders
+ to access your module's global variables and may allow
+ intruders to execute arbitrary code on your machine. Only
+ use this option on a secure, closed network.
+
"""
self.instance = instance
+ self.allow_dotted_names = allow_dotted_names
def register_function(self, function, name = None):
"""Registers a function to respond to XML-RPC requests.