The default configuration lets a user run every system command

Bug #540934 reported by Luke Faraone
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
lshell (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
lshell (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Luke Faraone

Bug Description

Binary package hint: lshell

Forwarded from Debian: "In example I can run "echo $(/bin/sh)" or "echo $(/bin/su)", or every other command."

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Luke Faraone (lfaraone)
visibility: private → public
Changed in lshell (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Luke Faraone (lfaraone)
MarcRandolph (mrand)
Changed in lshell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
Changed in lshell (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

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Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lshell - 0.9.8-1ubuntu1

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lshell (0.9.8-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Add additional patterns to the forbidden characters list, per Debian bug
    572144. (LP: #540934)
  * Update Maintainer field.
 -- Luke Faraone <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:30:16 -0400

Changed in lshell (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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