** Description changed:
"The problem with bash's name references
Bash 4.3 introduced declare -n ("name references") to mimic Korn shell's
nameref feature, which permits variables to hold references to other
- variables (see FAQ 006 to see these in action). Unfortunately, the
- implementation used in Bash has some issues.
+ variables (..). Unfortunately, the implementation used in Bash has some
+ issues.
{…} Bash's name reference implementation still allows arbitrary code
execution:
$ foo() { declare -n var=$1; echo "$var"; }
$ foo 'x[i=$(date)]'
bash: i=Thu Mar 27 16:34:09 EDT 2014: syntax error in expression (error token
is "Mar 27 16:34:09 EDT 2014")
It's not an elegant example, but you can clearly see that the date
command was actually executed. This is not at all what one wants."
source: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/048
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