From 7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 21:04:40 -0700 Subject: When extracting, skip ".." members * NEWS: Document this. * src/extract.c (extract_archive): Skip members whose names contain "..". --- Index: tar-1.29/src/extract.c =================================================================== --- tar-1.29.orig/src/extract.c 2016-01-20 10:26:32.000000000 +0100 +++ tar-1.29/src/extract.c 2016-12-15 18:11:56.752575954 +0100 @@ -1629,12 +1629,20 @@ extract_archive (void) { char typeflag; tar_extractor_t fun; + bool skip_dotdot_name; fatal_exit_hook = extract_finish; set_next_block_after (current_header); + skip_dotdot_name = (!absolute_names_option + && contains_dot_dot (current_stat_info.orig_file_name)); + if (skip_dotdot_name) + ERROR ((0, 0, _("%s: Member name contains '..'"), + quotearg_colon (current_stat_info.orig_file_name))); + if (!current_stat_info.file_name[0] + || skip_dotdot_name || (interactive_option && !confirm ("extract", current_stat_info.file_name))) {