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Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly |
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Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:05:14 -0400 |
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On 7/22/15 7:12 PM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> From variables.c
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> The test against old_var's context
> level is to disallow local copies of readonly global variables (since I
> believe that this could be a security hole).
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> Can you please explain how that can be a security hole?
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-02/msg00194.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-04/msg00099.html
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Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly, Stephane Chazelas, 2015/07/23
Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly,
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