Re: sa-update / taint error

[Daryl C. W. O'Shea]

Henk van Lingen wrote:

[14411] dbg: generic: unlinking 10_misc.cf
Insecure dependency in unlink while running with -T switch at 
/usr/bin/sa-update line 1173.

Please try the attached patch and *please* let me know if it resolves 
the problem.

Daryl
Index: sa-update.raw
===================================================================
--- sa-update.raw       (revision 452742)
+++ sa-update.raw       (working copy)
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@
     return;
   }
   while(my $file = readdir(DIR)) {
+    local ($1); # prevent random taint flagging
     $file =~ /^(.+)$/;       # untaint
     $file = $1;