[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #6972: keep the warning about untrusted extraction and mention

[gregory.p.smith]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c2d41850147
changeset:   82064:1c2d41850147
branch:      3.2
parent:      82060:28229bdb1571
user:        Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>
date:        Thu Feb 07 22:15:04 2013 -0800
summary:
  Issue #6972: keep the warning about untrusted extraction and mention
the version it was improved in.

files:
  Doc/library/zipfile.rst |  10 ++++++++--
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -232,9 +232,15 @@
    be a subset of the list returned by :meth:`namelist`.  *pwd* is the password
    used for encrypted files.
 
-   .. note::
+   .. warning::
 
-      See :meth:`extract` note.
+      Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection.
+      It is possible that files are created outside of *path*, e.g. members
+      that have absolute filenames starting with ``"/"`` or filenames with two
+      dots ``".."``.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2.4
+      The zipfile module attempts to prevent that.  See :meth:`extract` note.
 
 
 .. method:: ZipFile.printdir()

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython