[GitHub] [incubator-heron] nicknezis commented on a diff in pull request #3857: validate path before untar

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nicknezis commented on code in PR #3857:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-heron/pull/3857#discussion_r1001853040


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heron/tools/cli/src/python/execute.py:
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@@ -101,8 +101,15 @@ def heron_tar(class_name, topology_tar, arguments, tmpdir_root, java_defines):
   '''
   # Extract tar to a tmp folder.
   tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=tmpdir_root, prefix='tmp')
+  tmpdir_abs = os.path.abspath(tmpdir)
 
   with contextlib.closing(tarfile.open(topology_tar)) as tar:
+    # Validate file paths
+    for name in tar.getnames():
+      untarpath_abs = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(tmpdir, name))
+      if not untarpath_abs.startswith(tmpdir_abs):

Review Comment:
   @nwangtw Is your question implying that this change might not be necessary?



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