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Re: [PATCH] check empty callback in mapfile


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [PATCH] check empty callback in mapfile
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 22:06:27 -0400
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On 5/10/15 5:57 AM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> In builtins/mapfile.def there's this line:
> snprintf (execstr, execlen, "%s %d %s", callback, curindex, qline);
> 
> If the callback is empty, bash runs '<space><number><space><line>'
> This smells a lot like code injection.

It might smell like that, but it looks more like something self-
inflicted.


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