Fix geotiff unbounded allocation DoS and VRT path traversal#1189
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Two security fixes for the geotiff subpackage: 1. Add a configurable max_pixels guard to read_to_array() and all internal read functions (_read_strips, _read_tiles, _read_cog_http). A crafted TIFF with fabricated header dimensions could previously trigger multi-TB allocations. The default limit is 1 billion pixels (~4 GB for float32 single-band), overridable via max_pixels kwarg. Fixes #1184. 2. Canonicalize VRT source filenames with os.path.realpath() after resolving relative paths. Previously, a VRT file with "../" in SourceFilename could read arbitrary files outside the VRT directory. Fixes #1185.
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os.path.realpath() converts Unix-style paths to Windows paths on Windows (e.g. /data/tile.tif becomes D:\data\tile.tif). Use os.path.realpath() in the assertion so it matches the production code's canonicalization on all platforms.
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Resolve add/add conflict in test_security.py by keeping the GPU-read and VRT allocation guard tests from this branch alongside the base security tests that landed on master via #1189.
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max_pixelsguard toread_to_array()and all internal read functions, preventing memory exhaustion from crafted TIFF headers with fabricated dimensions. Default limit is 1 billion pixels (~4 GB for float32). Fixes Unbounded allocation from TIFF header dimensions allows memory DoS #1184.os.path.realpath()to prevent path traversal via../in SourceFilename XML elements. Fixes VRT path traversal via ../ in SourceFilename #1185.Test plan
test_security.pycovering both fixes_check_dimensionsrejects oversized allocations and accepts normal ones_read_stripsand_read_tilesreject crafted headers with huge dimensionsread_to_arraypassesmax_pixelsthrough and normal reads are unaffected../are canonicalized and no longer contain traversal components../are also canonicalized