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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-05-08 00:00:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-05-08 00:00:00 +1200
commit7bac28a0157dcaf170649e8928f053f76dda4253 (patch)
tree88eadd917e84141a07d7cf3db90686edb67fe5a6 /pod/perlsec.pod
parenteb447b8692d1c89cd24ab421497dcff667570be4 (diff)
downloadperl-7bac28a0157dcaf170649e8928f053f76dda4253.tar.gz
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_99 to perl-5.003_99a]
BUILD PROCESS Subject: AFS patches From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: Configure installperl CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: SECURITY: Forbid glob() when tainting (-T or setuid) From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pp_sys.c Subject: SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{TERM} or $ENV{ENV} is tainted From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c CORE PORTABILITY Subject: (NeXT|Open)Step update Date: Wed, 7 May 97 17:47:02 -0500 From: Gerd Knops <gerti@BITart.com> Files: Configure MANIFEST config_h.SH hints/next_3.sh hints/next_4.sh private-msgid: 9705072247.AA18882@BITart.com Subject: Win32 update (consolidated patch plus three followups) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: EXTERN.h README.win32 lib/Sys/Hostname.pm pod/perldelta.pod win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/config_sh.PL win32/perllib.c win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/include/sys/socket.h DOCUMENTATION Subject: Updates to perldelta From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Document 'Possible attempt to separate words with commas' Date: 06 May 1997 23:27:55 +0200 From: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Files: pod/perlop.pod Msg-ID: hyb9snvdw.fsf@bergen.sn.no (applied based on p5p patch as commit 18270fd3b8aafde2f9ea21ea13adde95ef24b149) Subject: Document that C<m?x?> is just like C<?x?> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perlop.pod OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Fix for redefined sort subs nastiness Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 20:04:18 -0400 From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: op.c pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod sv.c t/op/sort.t Msg-ID: 199705090004.UAA15032@aatma.engin.umich.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit e9e069932a0db06904b29e2b09a435afd40ed35c)
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diff --git a/pod/perlsec.pod b/pod/perlsec.pod
index e21f97f21f..29a9167cf4 100644
--- a/pod/perlsec.pod
+++ b/pod/perlsec.pod
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ For example:
$path = $ENV{'PATH'}; # $path now tainted
$ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin';
- $ENV{'IFS'} = '' if $ENV{'IFS'} ne '';
+ delete $ENV{'IFS'};
+ delete $ENV{'CDPATH'};
+ delete $ENV{'ENV'};
+ $ENV{'TERM'} = 'dumb';
$path = $ENV{'PATH'}; # $path now NOT tainted
system "echo $data"; # Is secure now!
@@ -79,6 +82,9 @@ For example:
exec "echo", $arg; # Secure (doesn't use the shell)
exec "sh", '-c', $arg; # Considered secure, alas!
+ @files = <*.c>; # Always insecure (uses csh)
+ @files = glob('*.c'); # Always insecure (uses csh)
+
If you try to do something insecure, you will get a fatal error saying
something like "Insecure dependency" or "Insecure PATH". Note that you
can still write an insecure B<system> or B<exec>, but only by explicitly