[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib librexec.tex,1.14.12.1,1.14.12.2

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
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Modified Files:
      Tag: release21-maint
	librexec.tex 
Log Message:
Backport to 2.1.x:

SF bug 533625 (Armin Rigo). rexec: potential security hole

If a rexec instance allows writing in the current directory (a common
thing to do), there's a way to execute bogus bytecode.  Fix this by
not allowing imports from .pyc files (in a way that allows a site to
configure things so that .pyc files *are* allowed, if writing is not
allowed).


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  \end{memberdesc}
  
+ \begin{memberdesc}{ok_file_types}
+ Contains the file types from which modules are allowed to be loaded.
+ Each file type is an integer constant defined in the \refmodule{imp} module.
+ The meaningful values are \constant{PY_SOURCE}, \constant{PY_COMPILED}, and
+ \constant{C_EXTENSION}.  The value for \class{RExec} is \code{(C_EXTENSION,
+ PY_SOURCE)}.  Adding \constant{PY_COMPILED} in subclasses is not recommended;
+ an attacker could exit the restricted execution mode by putting a forged
+ byte-compiled file (\file{.pyc}) anywhere in your file system, for example
+ by writing it to \file{/tmp} or uploading it to the \file{/incoming}
+ directory of your public FTP server.
+ \end{memberdesc}
+ 
  
  \subsection{An example}