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Re: Eterm & others allow arbitrary commands execution via escape sequencies [Was: CAN-2003-0020?]



On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:08:51PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:58:21AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > untrusted source.  This is a fundamental Unix feature (or flaw).  Terminal
> > control sequences may be contained in the data.
> 
> I've read this [1]analysis by by H D Moore.  No matter how convenient
> the escape sequences that allow injecting of arbitrary data as-if typed
> by the user might be, they should go, and they should go now.

Yes, I agree.  Patches and bug reports, where appropriate, are welcome.
These are the real bugs, not Apache's.

-- 
 - mdz



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