Re: BUG in /bin/bash

[earle.ake () hcst com (Earle Ake)]

According to Red Barchetta:
> Their test string "bash -c 'ls\377who'" gave this output on my Solaris 2.5
> system:
>
>         bash: ls377who: command not found
>
> Can anyone verify that this is really a problem?

        Yes, it is!  Here is a simple perl script to create the test file
and the file itself in uuencode format.


#!/usr/bin/perl
open(OUT, ">bash.test");
printf OUT ("#!/bin/sh\nbash -c 'ls\377who'\n");
close(OUT);

begin 600 bash.test
;(R$O8FEN+W-H"F)A<V@@+6,@)VQS_W=H;R<*
`
end


-Earle
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