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Subject: Re: UNIX locale format string vulnerability (fwd) 
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 15:50:13 -0600
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In message <20000908014646.A19231@nagual.pp.ru>
	so spake "Andrey A. Chernov" (ache):

> Speaking outside of locale/nls area, 'sudo' *must* internally
> 	setenv TERMCAP /usr/share/misc/termcap
> too, for the same reasons. Grep 'issetugid' through libraries is your
> friend.

That's way too platform specific; clearing TERMCAP (as well as
TERMPATH and TERMINFO) if it begins with a '/' would make more sense.

 - todd


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