fix GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6 ;

an unauthenticated user could make the server inaccessible by
accessing the recent-uploads page and using an expensive filter

fixed by making the filter not regex-based,
only supporting bare-minimum anchoring (^foo bar$)

copyparty/httpcli.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ from .util import (
     sendfile_py,
     set_fperms,
     stat_resource,
+    str_anchor,
     ub64dec,
     ub64enc,
     ujoin,
@@ -5369,9 +5370,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 raise Pebkac(500, "sqlite3 not found on server; unpost is disabled")
             raise Pebkac(500, "server busy, cannot unpost; please retry in a bit")
 
-        zs = self.uparam.get("filter") or ""
+        sfilt = self.uparam.get("filter") or ""
-        filt = re.compile(zs, re.I) if zs else None
+        nfi, vfi = str_anchor(sfilt)
-        lm = "ups %r" % (zs,)
+        lm = "ups %d%r" % (nfi, sfilt)
 
         if self.args.shr and self.vpath.startswith(self.args.shr1):
             shr_dbv, shr_vrem = self.vn.get_dbv(self.rem)
@@ -5431,7 +5432,13 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             q = "select sz, rd, fn, at from up where ip=? and at>? order by at desc"
             for sz, rd, fn, at in cur.execute(q, (self.ip, lim)):
                 vp = "/" + "/".join(x for x in [vol.vpath, rd, fn] if x)
-                if filt and not filt.search(vp):
+                if nfi == 0 or (nfi == 1 and vfi in vp):
+                    pass
+                elif nfi == 2:
+                    if not vp.startswith(vfi):
+                        continue
+                elif nfi == 3:
+                    if not vp.endswith(vfi):
                         continue
 
                 n -= 1
@@ -5513,8 +5520,8 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             raise Pebkac(500, "server busy, cannot list recent uploads; please retry")
 
         sfilt = self.uparam.get("filter") or ""
-        filt = re.compile(sfilt, re.I) if sfilt else None
+        nfi, vfi = str_anchor(sfilt)
-        lm = "ru %r" % (sfilt,)
+        lm = "ru %d%r" % (nfi, sfilt)
         self.log(lm)
 
         ret: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
@@ -5549,7 +5556,13 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             q = "select sz, rd, fn, ip, at from up where at>0 order by at desc"
             for sz, rd, fn, ip, at in cur.execute(q):
                 vp = "/" + "/".join(x for x in [vol.vpath, rd, fn] if x)
-                if filt and not filt.search(vp):
+                if nfi == 0 or (nfi == 1 and vfi in vp):
+                    pass
+                elif nfi == 2:
+                    if not vp.startswith(vfi):
+                        continue
+                elif nfi == 3:
+                    if not vp.endswith(vfi):
                         continue
 
                 if not dots and "/." in vp:

copyparty/util.py

@@ -2396,6 +2396,21 @@ def ujoin(rd: str, fn: str) -> str:
         return rd or fn
 
 
+def str_anchor(txt) -> tuple[int, str]:
+    if not txt:
+        return 0, ""
+    txt = txt.lower()
+    a = txt.startswith("^")
+    b = txt.endswith("$")
+    if not b:
+        if not a:
+            return 1, txt  # ~
+        return 2, txt[1:]  # ^
+    if not a:
+        return 3, txt[:-1]  # $
+    return 4, txt[1:-1]  # ^$
+
+
 def log_reloc(
     log: "NamedLogger",
     re: dict[str, str],