Bug#758185: [php-maint] Bug#758185: Bug#758185: php5-common: installation fails with . in $PATH

2014-08-15 Thread Ondřej Surý
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014, at 12:39, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > That someone already has a root password, so it's easier for him to use > it than to drop malware and wait for me to step on it. ;) > > The point being of course, dot in the PATH is dangerous ONLY if you are > on a multiuser machine where t

Bug#758185: [php-maint] Bug#758185: Bug#758185: php5-common: installation fails with . in $PATH

2014-08-15 Thread Lior Kaplan
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > On 15.08.2014 10:57, Ondřej Surý wrote: > >> Hi Zlatko, >> >> I will fix that in git, but having "." in $PATH (especially for root >> user) >> is a very bad bad practice and really should be avoided due security >> reasons. >> >> > No, it's

Bug#758185: [php-maint] Bug#758185: php5-common: installation fails with . in $PATH

2014-08-15 Thread Zlatko Calusic
On 15.08.2014 10:57, Ondřej Surý wrote: Hi Zlatko, I will fix that in git, but having "." in $PATH (especially for root user) is a very bad bad practice and really should be avoided due security reasons. No, it's not. It's a bad practice ONLY if some requirements are met, which has not been

Bug#758185: [php-maint] Bug#758185: php5-common: installation fails with . in $PATH

2014-08-15 Thread Ondřej Surý
Hi Zlatko, I will fix that in git, but having "." in $PATH (especially for root user) is a very bad bad practice and really should be avoided due security reasons. Imagine someone dropping a malware binary in /tmp ... Ondrej On Fri, Aug 15, 2014, at 10:26, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > Package: php5-

Bug#758185: php5-common: installation fails with . in $PATH

2014-08-15 Thread Zlatko Calusic
Package: php5-common Version: 5.6.0~rc4+dfsg-1 Severity: normal During installation: Setting up php5-common (5.6.0~rc4+dfsg-1) ... find: The current directory is included in the PATH environment variable, which is insecure in combination with the -execdir action of find. Please remove the curr