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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 18:30:22 +0100
From: Noel Kuntze <noel.kuntze+oss-security@...rmi.consulting>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Shell wildcards considered dangerous?
Hello Leonid,
I was referring to my own message, not the original one by Georgi.
Kind regards
Noel
Am 09.12.19 um 17:46 schrieb Leonid Isaev:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 04:28:35PM +0100, Noel Kuntze wrote:
>> The message was about the attack vector on applications that put together
>> argument vectors based on user input, not specifically about human use of the
>> shell.
> Then, why in "tar xf *.tar" the "*" is expected to mean anything other than
> a literal * (0x2a)? It is because of the shell globbing: "tar xf ./*.tar" will
> work without any "--". For example:
> -----8<-----
> $ echo -E "xxx" > "-b xxx.qwetr"
> $ file *.qwetr
> file: invalid option -- ' '
> file: invalid option -- 'x'
> file: invalid option -- 'x'
> file: invalid option -- 'x'
> file: invalid option -- '.'
> file: invalid option -- 'q'
> file: invalid option -- 'w'
> Usage: file [-bcCdEhikLlNnprsvzZ0] [--apple] [--extension] [--mime-encoding]
> [--mime-type] [-e <testname>] [-F <separator>] [-f <namefile>]
> [-m <magicfiles>] [-P <parameter=value>] <file> ...
> file -C [-m <magicfiles>]
> file [--help]
> $
> $ file ./*.qwetr
> ./-b xxx.qwetr: ASCII text
> ----->8-----
>
> Sincerely,
> L.
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Noel Kuntze
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