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| author | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2017-04-07 13:07:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2017-04-13 12:39:29 +0200 |
| commit | 05f20a9790fa88011c1ce7099e0a660aa83195a9 (patch) | |
| tree | a3609717bad1ca86db18aa722b95cb04ef15f80b /lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml | |
| parent | 74cf5ae0d850cf38fab24edf2c3f26b860b080ed (diff) | |
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erl_tar: Handle leading slashes and directory traversal attacks
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml index f28d8b425b..fab7c832d5 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml @@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ <c>Fd</c> is assumed to be a file descriptor returned from function <c>file:open/2</c>.</p> <p>Otherwise, <c>Name</c> is to be a filename.</p> + <note><p>Leading slashes in tar member names will be removed before + writing the file. That is, absolute paths will be turned into + relative paths. There will be an info message written to the error + logger when paths are changed in this way.</p></note> </desc> </func> |