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Bugtraq: Re: perl-cgi hole in UltimateBB by Infopop Corp.

Re: perl-cgi hole in UltimateBB by Infopop Corp.

From: Bill <mckinnon_at_ISIS2000.COM>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:33:14 -0500

"Sergei A. Golubchik" wrote:
>
> The fix is obvious. But the rule of the thumb is "do not use magic perl open".
> At least in cgi scripts. If you want to open regular file, sysopen does
> the trick as well.

   Isn't open(FH, "< $variable") sufficient to stop any embedded |'s, etc
from doing anything harmful, as well?

- Bill
Received on Feb 15 2000

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