From 40f9a4c04915cf5d88d4faf80d084b827ab65cf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:40:28 +0100
Subject: Use safe methods to open the archive mbox and an existing mbox file

---
 archivemail.py | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archivemail.py b/archivemail.py
index 5e93765..45b160d 100755
--- a/archivemail.py
+++ b/archivemail.py
@@ -331,13 +331,12 @@ class Mbox(mailbox.UnixMailbox):
         """
         assert(path)
         self._locked = False
-        try:
-            self.original_atime = os.path.getatime(path)
-            self.original_mtime = os.path.getmtime(path)
-            self.starting_size = os.path.getsize(path)
-            self.mbox_file = open(path, "r+")
-        except IOError, msg:
-            unexpected_error(msg)
+        fd = safe_open_existing(path)
+        st = os.fstat(fd)
+        self.original_atime = st.st_atime
+        self.original_mtime = st.st_mtime
+        self.starting_size = st.st_size
+        self.mbox_file = os.fdopen(fd, "r+")
         self.mbox_file_name = path
         mailbox.UnixMailbox.__init__(self, self.mbox_file)
 
@@ -604,7 +603,8 @@ class ArchiveMbox(TempMbox):
             if not options.no_compress:
                 final_name = final_name + ".gz"
             vprint("writing back '%s' to '%s'" % (self.mbox_file_name, final_name))
-            final_archive = open(final_name, "a")
+            fd = safe_open(final_name)
+            final_archive = os.fdopen(fd, "a")
             shutil.copyfileobj(self.mbox_file, final_archive)
             final_archive.close()
         self.remove()
@@ -1664,6 +1664,55 @@ def get_filename(msg):
             return msg.fp._file.name
         raise
 
+def safe_open_create(filename):
+    """Create and open a file in a NFSv2-safe way, and return a r/w file descriptor.
+    The new file is created with mode 600."""
+    # This is essentially a simplified version of the dotlocking function.
+    vprint("Creating file '%s'" % filename)
+    dir, basename = os.path.split(filename)
+    # We rely on tempfile.mkstemp to create files safely and with 600 mode.
+    fd, pre_name = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=basename+".pre-", dir=dir)
+    try:
+        try:
+            os.link(pre_name, filename)
+        except OSError, e:
+            if os.fstat(fd).st_nlink == 2:
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise
+    finally:
+        os.unlink(pre_name)
+    return fd
+
+def safe_open_existing(filename):
+    """Safely open an existing file, and return a r/w file descriptor."""
+    lst = os.lstat(filename)
+    if stat.S_ISLNK(lst.st_mode):
+        unexpected_error("file '%s' is a symlink." % filename)
+    fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR)
+    fst = os.fstat(fd)
+    if fst.st_nlink != 1:
+        unexpected_error("file '%s' has %d hard links." % \
+                (filename, fst.st_nlink))
+    if stat.S_ISDIR(fst.st_mode):
+        unexpected_error("file '%s' is a directory." % filename)
+    for i in stat.ST_DEV, stat.ST_INO, stat.ST_UID, stat.ST_GID, stat.ST_MODE, stat.ST_NLINK:
+        if fst[i] != lst[i]:
+            unexpected_error("file status changed unexpectedly")
+    return fd
+
+def safe_open(filename):
+    """Safely open a file, creating it if it doesn't exist, and return a
+    r/w file descriptor."""
+    # This borrows from postfix code.
+    vprint("Opening archive...")
+    try:
+        fd = safe_open_existing(filename)
+    except OSError, e:
+        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT: raise
+        fd = safe_open_create(filename)
+    return fd
+
 # this is where it all happens, folks
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
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