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Re: [nocol-users] security problems withwebnocol.cgi,genweb.pl,notifier.pl, etc.
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> As far as webnocol.cgi goes, it will happily execute whatever
> the subcommand field in the GET/POST request tells it to
> execute! Not verifying user input is scary enough, but to
> take an arbitrary command that they provide and execute it
> is just plain foolhardy.
No, it will only execute the subcommand if it exists in the cmdlist
array. However, I will take a look at tightening things up.
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