Re: Installing 0.60 on Debian

Terje Bless zei:
> Wim Fournier <w3c@hsmade.com> wrote:
>
>>*NOTE: I had to edit the /var/www/validator-0.60/cgi-bin/check to
>>remove the -R line in the call for the sgml parser on line 476.
>
> Please note that running onsgmls without the -R switch on a
> network-exposed server opens you up to a file-disclosure vulnerability!
> Carefully crafted input can be used to gain access to any file on the
> server that the user running onsgmls (the web server user, most likely)
> has read access to.
>
> We strongly advice against modifying the "check" CGI application this
> way!
>
>
> --
> "I don't want to learn to manage my anger;
> I want to FRANCHISE it!" -- Kevin Martin



Grtz,

Wim Fournier
wim@hsmade.[com|net|org]

Received on Friday, 13 December 2002 04:36:27 UTC