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Author serhiy.storchaka
Recipients Henning.von.Bargen, serhiy.storchaka, zaphodef
Date 2021-09-25.17:47:38
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Adding support of symlinks in ZIP files will make the zipfile module vulnerable to symlink attacks like like with TAR files (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)#Duplicates). Until we find a solution to this, adding support of symlinks is dangerous.
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2021-09-25 17:47:38serhiy.storchakasetrecipients: + serhiy.storchaka, Henning.von.Bargen, zaphodef
2021-09-25 17:47:38serhiy.storchakasetmessageid: <1632592058.2.0.955663076098.issue37921@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2021-09-25 17:47:38serhiy.storchakalinkissue37921 messages
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