Fix path traversal check in StaticFileHandler.

Previously StaticFileHandler would allow access to files whose name
starts with the static root directory, not just those that are actually
in the directory.

The bug was introduced in Tornado 3.1 via commits 7b03cd6 and
6095252.

MANIFEST.in

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ include tornado/test/gettext_translations/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/tornado_test.po
 include tornado/test/options_test.cfg
 include tornado/test/static/robots.txt
 include tornado/test/static/dir/index.html
+include tornado/test/static_foo.txt
 include tornado/test/templates/utf8.html
 include tornado/test/test.crt
 include tornado/test/test.key

setup.py

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
             "options_test.cfg",
             "static/robots.txt",
             "static/dir/index.html",
+            "static_foo.txt",
             "templates/utf8.html",
             "test.crt",
             "test.key",

tornado/test/static_foo.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This file should not be served by StaticFileHandler even though
+its name starts with "static".

tornado/test/web_test.py

@@ -1181,6 +1181,15 @@ def test_static_404(self):
         response = self.get_and_head('/static/blarg')
         self.assertEqual(response.code, 404)
 
+    def test_path_traversal_protection(self):
+        with ExpectLog(gen_log, ".*not in root static directory"):
+            response = self.get_and_head('/static/../static_foo.txt')
+        # Attempted path traversal should result in 403, not 200
+        # (which means the check failed and the file was served)
+        # or 404 (which means that the file didn't exist and
+        # is probably a packaging error).
+        self.assertEqual(response.code, 403)
+
 
 @wsgi_safe
 class StaticDefaultFilenameTest(WebTestCase):

tornado/web.py

@@ -2376,9 +2376,13 @@ def validate_absolute_path(self, root, absolute_path):
 
         .. versionadded:: 3.1
         """
-        root = os.path.abspath(root)
-        # os.path.abspath strips a trailing /
-        # it needs to be temporarily added back for requests to root/
+        # os.path.abspath strips a trailing /.
+        # We must add it back to `root` so that we only match files
+        # in a directory named `root` instead of files starting with
+        # that prefix.
+        root = os.path.abspath(root) + os.path.sep
+        # The trailing slash also needs to be temporarily added back
+        # the requested path so a request to root/ will match.
         if not (absolute_path + os.path.sep).startswith(root):
             raise HTTPError(403, "%s is not in root static directory",
                             self.path)