[Bug 190628] Re: breakage and possible execution of unsafe code with shell metacharacters

2011-12-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
system-tools-backends is no longer in main and has been deprecated. I am going to leave this bug open for now, but unsubscribing ubuntu-security. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 190628] Re: breakage and possible execution of unsafe code with shell metacharacters

2009-10-06 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Woops... actually, run_backtick() has not been switched to that, it would be quite complex in perl. I guess we won't fix that before network-admin is considered as completely deprecated... ** Changed in: system-tools-backends Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- breakage and possible exec

[Bug 190628] Re: breakage and possible execution of unsafe code with shell metacharacters

2009-10-06 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
In the system-tools-backends 2.8.2, we no longer start programs using the shell. Arguments are sent directly, which avoids this kind of problem. ** Also affects: system-tools-backends Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: system-tools-backends Status: New => Fix Releas