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-rw-r--r--Lib/encodings/uu_codec.py4
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_uu.py9
-rwxr-xr-xLib/uu.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-12-01-22-44-40.bpo-38945.ztmNXc.rst1
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/encodings/uu_codec.py b/Lib/encodings/uu_codec.py
index 2a5728fb5b..4e58c62fe9 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/uu_codec.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/uu_codec.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ def uu_encode(input, errors='strict', filename='<data>', mode=0o666):
read = infile.read
write = outfile.write
+ # Remove newline chars from filename
+ filename = filename.replace('\n','\\n')
+ filename = filename.replace('\r','\\r')
+
# Encode
write(('begin %o %s\n' % (mode & 0o777, filename)).encode('ascii'))
chunk = read(45)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_uu.py b/Lib/test/test_uu.py
index c9f05e5b76..c8709f7a0d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_uu.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_uu.py
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ class UUTest(unittest.TestCase):
decoded = codecs.decode(encodedtext, "uu_codec")
self.assertEqual(decoded, plaintext)
+ def test_newlines_escaped(self):
+ # Test newlines are escaped with uu.encode
+ inp = io.BytesIO(plaintext)
+ out = io.BytesIO()
+ filename = "test.txt\n\roverflow.txt"
+ safefilename = b"test.txt\\n\\roverflow.txt"
+ uu.encode(inp, out, filename)
+ self.assertIn(safefilename, out.getvalue())
+
class UUStdIOTest(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
diff --git a/Lib/uu.py b/Lib/uu.py
index 9b1e5e6072..9f1f37f1a6 100755
--- a/Lib/uu.py
+++ b/Lib/uu.py
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ def encode(in_file, out_file, name=None, mode=None, *, backtick=False):
name = '-'
if mode is None:
mode = 0o666
+
+ #
+ # Remove newline chars from name
+ #
+ name = name.replace('\n','\\n')
+ name = name.replace('\r','\\r')
+
#
# Write the data
#
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-12-01-22-44-40.bpo-38945.ztmNXc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-12-01-22-44-40.bpo-38945.ztmNXc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bf6ed567b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-12-01-22-44-40.bpo-38945.ztmNXc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Newline characters have been escaped when performing uu encoding to prevent them from overflowing into to content section of the encoded file. This prevents malicious or accidental modification of data during the decoding process. \ No newline at end of file