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Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup

To: giecrilj@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup
From: paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:15:15 +1000

Dear Krzysztof,

>> ... it is dangerous to do
>>   cd /tmp; gs any.ps
>
> What is in the file "any.ps"?
> You are exposed ... without feeding *anything* to Ghostscript ...

Yes, precisely: that is why I called it any.ps.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

References:
- Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup
  - From: Krzysztof Żelechowski

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