Bug#423441: blosxom: param("-f") for exec introduces security hole

2007-05-11 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Neale Pickett said: > On line 69, param("-f") is used as a potential configuration file: > > for $rcfile ("/etc/blosxom/blosxom.conf", "/etc/blosxom.conf", param("-f")) { > if (-r $rcfile) { > open (RC, "< $rcfile") or die "Cannot open $rcfile: $!"; > while (

Bug#423441: blosxom: param("-f") for exec introduces security hole

2007-05-11 Thread Neale Pickett
Package: blosxom Version: 2.0-14 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole On line 69, param("-f") is used as a potential configuration file: for $rcfile ("/etc/blosxom/blosxom.conf", "/etc/blosxom.conf", param("-f")) { if (-r $rcfile) { open (RC, "< $rcfile") or die