From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] batctl: Clear screen using ANSI escape codes
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:47:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201208242347.10659.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345414124-25938-1-git-send-email-sven@narfation.org>
On Monday, August 20, 2012 00:08:44 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> It is not necessary to call an external binary to clear the screen of a
> default unix terminal emulator. The external call using system("clear")
> may be used by an attacker to get untrusted code called with an higher
> privilege because batctl has to be run as using uid 0.
>
> Reported-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
> ---
> Add comment
>
> functions.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied in revision f1fff52.
Thanks,
Marek
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-19 21:53 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batctl: Clear screen using ANSI escape codes Sven Eckelmann
2012-08-19 22:08 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] " Sven Eckelmann
2012-08-24 21:47 ` Marek Lindner [this message]
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