Handle volatile characters in prompts with promptsubst set

We don't set that option, but users may do it in .zshrc.local or similar.

The issue is that performing expansions on a prompt string is an exploitable
vulnerability, if you do not contol every part the prompt string is made up of.

This is what is demonstrated by

  https://github.com/njhartwell/pw3nage

Per default, the code strips [$`] from a final prompt string, so you can't
really take advantage of prompt subst, even though you have it set. If the
prompt_subst option is not set, the code does not kick in at all.

If you want more control over which parts of the prompt are stripped, so you
can take control of prompt_subst, you can do that as well.  Here's an example
that only strips the data returned from vcs_info:

  zstyle ':prompt:grml:*:items:vcs' strip-sensitive-characters on
  zstyle ':prompt:grml:*:setup' strip-sensitive-characters off

Now you can take advantage of prompt_subst in privately defined tokens (even
though I'd use a token that calls a function callback instead of inserting a
string that relies on prompt_subst — but that's just me).

Reported-by: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>

diff --git a/etc/zsh/zshrc b/etc/zsh/zshrc
index 6766615..4d9b9ad 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/etc/zsh/zshrc
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ grml_theme_add_token: Token `%s'\'' exists! Giving up!\n\n' $name
     fi
 }
 
-function grml_typeset_and_wrap () {
+function grml_wrap_reply () {
     emulate -L zsh
     local target="$1"
     local new="$2"
@@ -2263,14 +2263,16 @@ function grml_typeset_and_wrap () {
     local right="$4"
 
     if (( ${+parameters[$new]} )); then
-        typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${left}${(P)new}${right}"
+        REPLY="${left}${(P)new}${right}"
+    else
+        REPLY=''
     fi
 }
 
 function grml_prompt_addto () {
     emulate -L zsh
     local target="$1"
-    local lr it apre apost new v
+    local lr it apre apost new v REPLY
     local -a items
     shift
 
@@ -2284,21 +2286,21 @@ function grml_prompt_addto () {
             || apost=${grml_prompt_post_default[$it]}
         zstyle -s ":prompt:${grmltheme}:${lr}:items:$it" token new \
             || new=${grml_prompt_token_default[$it]}
-        typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${apre}"
         if (( ${+grml_prompt_token_function[$it]} )); then
             ${grml_prompt_token_function[$it]} $it
-            typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${REPLY}"
         else
             case $it in
             battery)
-                grml_typeset_and_wrap $target $new '' ''
+                grml_wrap_reply $target $new '' ''
                 ;;
             change-root)
-                grml_typeset_and_wrap $target $new '(' ')'
+                grml_wrap_reply $target $new '(' ')'
                 ;;
             grml-chroot)
                 if [[ -n ${(P)new} ]]; then
-                    typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}(CHROOT)"
+                    REPLY="$CHROOT"
+                else
+                    REPLY=''
                 fi
                 ;;
             vcs)
@@ -2308,14 +2310,33 @@ function grml_prompt_addto () {
                     vcscalled=1
                 fi
                 if (( ${+parameters[$v]} )) && [[ -n "${(P)v}" ]]; then
-                    typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${(P)v}"
+                    REPLY="${(P)v}"
+                else
+                    REPLY=''
                 fi
                 ;;
-            *) typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${new}" ;;
+            *) REPLY="$new" ;;
             esac
         fi
-        typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${apost}"
+        # Strip volatile characters per item. This is off by default. See the
+        # global stripping code a few lines below for details.
+        if [[ -o prompt_subst ]] && zstyle -t ":prompt:${grmltheme}:${lr}:items:$it" \
+                                           strip-sensitive-characters
+        then
+            REPLY="${REPLY//[$\`]/}"
+        fi
+        typeset -g "${target}=${(P)target}${apre}${REPLY}${apost}"
     done
+
+    # Per default, strip volatile characters (in the prompt_subst case)
+    # globally. If the option is off, the style has no effect. For more
+    # control, this can be turned off and stripping can be configured on a
+    # per-item basis (see above).
+    if [[ -o prompt_subst ]] && zstyle -T ":prompt:${grmltheme}:${lr}:setup" \
+                                       strip-sensitive-characters
+    then
+        typeset -g "${target}=${${(P)target}//[$\`]/}"
+    fi
 }
 
 function prompt_grml_precmd () {