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Message-ID: <CAGUWgD_T4vUhBfkmjm+8ELcuiOD9dx1vSC4HnKG88Py7ip+zPw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:39:43 +0200
From: Georgi Guninski <gguninski@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: shell wildcard expansion (un)safety

This is known since at least 2019, but the distro list can't tell
vulnerability from a rant [1] [2]

`grep text -- *` is not portable solution, since not all warez recognize --.

e.g.:

$find . --
find: unknown predicate `--'


[1] Shell wildcards considered dangerous?
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/133

[2] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/careful-wildcards-linux-rm-georgi-guninski-ieaif

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