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* cvsweb: A web server should absolutely run chrooted, so storing a
@ 2019-03-21 16:32 schwarze
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From: schwarze @ 2019-03-21 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Log Message:
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A web server should absolutely run chrooted, so storing a configuration
file below /usr/local/etc/ makes no sense whatsoever.  Also, the
configuration file should certainly not be in a directory where
files can get executed as CGI scripts, so looking in the same
directory as cvsweb.cgi is a bad idea, too.

Considerably simplify things by hardcoding a reasonable location.
The INSTALL file already instructs the user to check this.

Tags:
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FreeBSD-cvsweb-2_0-branch

Modified Files:
--------------
    cvsweb:
        cvsweb.cgi

Revision Data
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Index: cvsweb.cgi
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi,v
retrieving revision 3.119.2.11
retrieving revision 3.119.2.12
diff -Lcvsweb.cgi -Lcvsweb.cgi -u -p -r3.119.2.11 -r3.119.2.12
--- cvsweb.cgi
+++ cvsweb.cgi
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ use strict;
 
 use vars qw (
     $cvsweb_revision
-    $mydir $uname $config $allow_version_select $verbose
+    $uname $config $allow_version_select $verbose
     @CVSrepositories @CVSROOT %CVSROOT %CVSROOTdescr
     %MIRRORS %DEFAULTVALUE %ICONS %MTYPES
     @DIFFTYPES %DIFFTYPES @LOGSORTKEYS %LOGSORTKEYS
@@ -151,18 +151,9 @@ delete $ENV{PATH};
 
 $cvsweb_revision = '2.0.6';
 
-use File::Basename ();
-
-($mydir) = (File::Basename::dirname($0) =~ /(.*)/);    # untaint
-
 # == EDIT this ==
-# Locations to search for user configuration, in order:
-for ("$mydir/cvsweb.conf", '/usr/local/etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf') {
-	if (defined($_) && -r $_) {
-		$config = $_;
-		last;
-	}
-}
+# Location of the configuration file inside the web server chroot:
+$config = '/conf/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf';
 
 # == Configuration defaults ==
 # Defaults for configuration variables that shouldn't need
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