Removes any symlinks before importing a project export file. Also added relevant spec.

lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer.rb

@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ module Gitlab
 
         raise Projects::ImportService::Error.new("Unable to decompress #{@archive_file} into #{@shared.export_path}") unless result
 
+        remove_symlinks!
+      end
+
+      def remove_symlinks!
+        Dir["#{@shared.export_path}/**/*"].each do |path|
+          FileUtils.rm(path) if File.lstat(path).symlink?
+        end
+
         true
       end
     end

lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer.rb

@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def restore
-        json = IO.read(@path)
-        @tree_hash = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json)
+        begin
+          json = IO.read(@path)
+          @tree_hash = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json)
+        rescue => e
+          Rails.logger.error("Import/Export error: #{e.message}")
+          raise Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new('Incorrect JSON format')
+        end
+
         @project_members = @tree_hash.delete('project_members')
 
         ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching do

lib/gitlab/import_export/version_checker.rb

@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def verify_version!(version)
-        if Gem::Version.new(version) != Gem::Version.new(Gitlab::ImportExport.version)
+        if different_version?(version)
           raise Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new("Import version mismatch: Required #{Gitlab::ImportExport.version} but was #{version}")
         else
           true
         end
       end
+
+      def different_version?(version)
+        Gem::Version.new(version) != Gem::Version.new(Gitlab::ImportExport.version)
+      rescue => e
+        Rails.logger.error("Import/Export error: #{e.message}")
+        raise Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new('Incorrect VERSION format')
+      end
     end
   end
 end

spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Gitlab::ImportExport::FileImporter, lib: true do
+  let(:shared) { Gitlab::ImportExport::Shared.new(relative_path: 'test') }
+  let(:export_path) { "#{Dir::tmpdir}/file_importer_spec" }
+  let(:valid_file) { "#{shared.export_path}/valid.json" }
+  let(:symlink_file) { "#{shared.export_path}/invalid.json" }
+  let(:subfolder_symlink_file) { "#{shared.export_path}/subfolder/invalid.json" }
+
+  before do
+    stub_const('Gitlab::ImportExport::FileImporter::MAX_RETRIES', 0)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Gitlab::ImportExport).to receive(:storage_path).and_return(export_path)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Gitlab::ImportExport::CommandLineUtil).to receive(:untar_zxf).and_return(true)
+
+    setup_files
+
+    described_class.import(archive_file: '', shared: shared)
+  end
+
+  after do
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(export_path)
+  end
+
+  it 'removes symlinks in root folder' do
+    expect(File.exist?(symlink_file)).to be false
+  end
+
+  it 'removes symlinks in subfolders' do
+    expect(File.exist?(subfolder_symlink_file)).to be false
+  end
+
+  it 'does not remove a valid file' do
+    expect(File.exist?(valid_file)).to be true
+  end
+
+  def setup_files
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p("#{shared.export_path}/subfolder/")
+    FileUtils.touch(valid_file)
+    FileUtils.ln_s(valid_file, symlink_file)
+    FileUtils.ln_s(valid_file, subfolder_symlink_file)
+  end
+end

spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
+include ImportExport::CommonUtil
 
 describe Gitlab::ImportExport::ProjectTreeRestorer, services: true do
   describe 'restore project tree' do
@@ -175,6 +176,19 @@ describe Gitlab::ImportExport::ProjectTreeRestorer, services: true do
           expect(MergeRequest.find_by_title('MR2').source_project_id).to eq(-1)
         end
       end
+
+      context 'project.json file access check' do
+        it 'does not read a symlink' do
+          Dir.mktmpdir do |tmpdir|
+            setup_symlink(tmpdir, 'project.json')
+            allow(shared).to receive(:export_path).and_call_original
+
+            restored_project_json
+
+            expect(shared.errors.first).not_to include('test')
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end

spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/version_checker_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
+include ImportExport::CommonUtil
 
 describe Gitlab::ImportExport::VersionChecker, services: true do
+  let(:shared) { Gitlab::ImportExport::Shared.new(relative_path: '') }
+
   describe 'bundle a project Git repo' do
-    let(:shared) { Gitlab::ImportExport::Shared.new(relative_path: '') }
     let(:version) { Gitlab::ImportExport.version }
 
     before do
@@ -27,4 +29,16 @@ describe Gitlab::ImportExport::VersionChecker, services: true do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'version file access check' do
+    it 'does not read a symlink' do
+      Dir.mktmpdir do |tmpdir|
+        setup_symlink(tmpdir, 'VERSION')
+
+        described_class.check!(shared: shared)
+
+        expect(shared.errors.first).not_to include('test')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end

spec/support/import_export/common_util.rb

+module ImportExport
+  module CommonUtil
+    def setup_symlink(tmpdir, symlink_name)
+      allow_any_instance_of(Gitlab::ImportExport).to receive(:storage_path).and_return(tmpdir)
+
+      File.open("#{tmpdir}/test", 'w') { |file| file.write("test") }
+      FileUtils.ln_s("#{tmpdir}/test", "#{tmpdir}/#{symlink_name}")
+    end
+  end
+end