On 6/4/19 7:42 AM, Nils Emmerich wrote: > Bash Version: 5.0 > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > It is possible to get code execution via a user supplied variable > in the mathematical context. > I don't know if this is considered a bug or not, but if not, I > think people should be made aware that the mathematical context is unsafe.
The tokens in a mathematical expression undergo a set of word expansions. If you could post the example you're using we can analyze its behavior. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/