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xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434

xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434

Posted Jul 5, 2003 18:35 UTC (Sat) by piman (subscriber, #8957)
In reply to: xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434 by joey
Parent article: xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434

Or, if you're programming Perl or Ruby, the system() function can take one string argument (which then is expanded), or a list of arguments, which is not expanded, and much safer.


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