Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 2118] sendmail -be and ${run} macro secu…

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 2118] sendmail -be and ${run} macro security problem
Viktor Dukhovni <viktor1dane@???> (Sa 06 Mai 2017 01:33:17 CEST):
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> One workaround would be to only process "-be" when invoked as "exim", ...
> and not when the last path component argv[0] is "sendmail".


I'm working on a "sendmail" to be shipped with Exim, replacing
the current practice (having a symlink sendmail -> exim)

(The reason to do so is "apache-itk", which restricts some operations,
so exim's setgid calls fail.)

    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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