Remove commas and equals signs from external string inputs to the fallback list

This makes sure that list parsers only see one comma per fallback entry,
and only see one equals sign per field.

Implements ticket 24726.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py b/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py
index d1f50c70c5..52ae886bda 100755
--- a/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py
+++ b/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ def cleanse_c_multiline_comment(raw_string):
   bad_char_list = '*/'
   # Prevent a malicious string from using C nulls
   bad_char_list += '\0'
+  # Avoid confusing parsers by making sure there is only one comma per fallback
+  bad_char_list += ','
+  # Avoid confusing parsers by making sure there is only one equals per field
+  bad_char_list += '='
   # Be safer by removing bad characters entirely
   cleansed_string = remove_bad_chars(cleansed_string, bad_char_list)
   # Some compilers may further process the content of comments
@@ -304,6 +308,10 @@ def cleanse_c_string(raw_string):
   bad_char_list += '\\'
   # Prevent a malicious string from using C nulls
   bad_char_list += '\0'
+  # Avoid confusing parsers by making sure there is only one comma per fallback
+  bad_char_list += ','
+  # Avoid confusing parsers by making sure there is only one equals per field
+  bad_char_list += '='
   # Be safer by removing bad characters entirely
   cleansed_string = remove_bad_chars(cleansed_string, bad_char_list)
   # Some compilers may further process the content of strings