Add :allow-symlink? option to wrap-file middleware (defaults to false).

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   to the ring.util.response/file-response function."
   [app ^String root-path & [opts]]
   (ensure-dir root-path)
-  (let [opts (merge {:root root-path, :index-files? true} opts)]
+  (let [opts (merge {:root root-path, :index-files? true, :allow-symlinks? false} opts)]
     (fn [req]
       (if-not (= :get (:request-method req))
         (app req)

@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
   (.startsWith (.getCanonicalPath (File. root path))
                (.getCanonicalPath (File. root))))
 
+(defn- directory-transversal?
+  "Check if a path contains '..'."
+  [^String path]
+  (-> (str/split path #"/|\\")
+      (set)
+      (contains? "..")))
+
 (defn- find-index-file
   "Search the directory for an index file."
   [^File dir]
@@ -52,7 +59,9 @@
   explanation of options."
   [^String path opts]
   (if-let [^File file (if-let [^String root (:root opts)]
-                  (and (safe-path? root path) (File. root path))
+                        (if (or (safe-path? root path) 
+                                (and (:allow-symlinks? opts) (not (directory-transversal? path))))
+                          (File. root path))
                   (File. path))]
     (cond
       (.isDirectory file)
@@ -64,8 +73,9 @@
   "Returns a Ring response to serve a static file, or nil if an appropriate
   file does not exist.
   Options:
-    :root         - take the filepath relative to this root path
-    :index-files? - look for index.* files in directories, defaults to true"
+    :root            - take the filepath relative to this root path
+    :index-files?    - look for index.* files in directories, defaults to true
+    :allow-symlinks? - serve files through symbolic links, defaults to false"
   [filepath & [opts]]
   (if-let [file (get-file filepath opts)]
     (response file)))

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../

@@ -104,6 +104,25 @@
       (is (= (slurp (:body resp))
              "Hello World\n")))))
 
+(deftest test-file-response
+  (testing "response map"
+    (let [resp (file-response "foo.html" {:root "test/ring/assets"})]
+      (is (= (resp :status) 200))
+      (is (= (resp :headers) {}))
+      (is (= (slurp (resp :body)) "foo"))))
+
+  (testing "file path cannot contain '..' "
+    (is (nil? (file-response "../../../project.clj" {:root "test/ring/assets"})))
+    (is (nil? (file-response "../../../project.clj" {:root "test/ring/assets/bars" :allow-symlinks? true}))))
+
+  (testing "file response optionally follows symlinks"
+    (let [resp (file-response "backlink/foo.html" {:root "test/ring/assets/bars" :allow-symlinks? true})]
+      (is (= (resp :status) 200))
+      (is (= (resp :headers) {}))
+      (is (= (slurp (resp :body)) "foo")))
+    
+    (is (nil? (file-response "backlink/foo.html" {:root "test/ring/assets/bars"})))))
+
 (deftest test-set-cookie
   (is (= {:status 200 :headers {} :cookies {"Foo" {:value "Bar"}}}
          (set-cookie {:status 200 :headers {}}