From 3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Gruenbacher Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 19:36:15 +0200 Subject: Invoke ed directly instead of using the shell * src/pch.c (do_ed_script): Invoke ed directly instead of using a shell command to avoid quoting vulnerabilities. [Retrieved from: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0] Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine --- src/pch.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pch.c b/src/pch.c index 4fd5a05..16e001a 100644 --- a/src/pch.c +++ b/src/pch.c @@ -2459,9 +2459,6 @@ do_ed_script (char const *inname, char const *outname, *outname_needs_removal = true; copy_file (inname, outname, 0, exclusive, instat.st_mode, true); } - sprintf (buf, "%s %s%s", editor_program, - verbosity == VERBOSE ? "" : "- ", - outname); fflush (stdout); pid = fork(); @@ -2470,7 +2467,8 @@ do_ed_script (char const *inname, char const *outname, else if (pid == 0) { dup2 (tmpfd, 0); - execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", buf, (char *) 0); + assert (outname[0] != '!' && outname[0] != '-'); + execlp (editor_program, editor_program, "-", outname, (char *) NULL); _exit (2); } else -- cgit v1.2.1