Bugtraq: Re: Vulnerability in websendmail

[merlyn () STONEHENGE COM (Randal Schwartz)]

> > > > > "Razvan" == Razvan Dragomirescu <drazvan () kappa ro> writes:
Razvan> As many other cgi-bin programs, this one does not check for special
Razvan> characters in the user input.

Razvan> Here's what it does:
Razvan> (...)
Razvan> $cmd="| $MAILBIN $VAR_receiver";
Razvan> open (PIPEOUT, $cmd);

It really amazes me how many newbie Perl hackers:
(1) ignore the CGI Security FAQ (especially the parts about perl), or
(2) roll their own mail sending stuff, instead of using Net::SMTP
    or the more powerful Mail::Tools package, both found in the CPAN.

On second thought, maybe it's not amazing. :-)

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