bin/86405: /usr/bin/more segmentation fault

[db at trunet.dk]

The following reply was made to PR bin/86405; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "db at trunet.dk" <db at trunet.dk>
To: Nate Eldredge <nge at cs.hmc.edu>, bug-followup at freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/86405: /usr/bin/more segmentation fault
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:26:24 +0000

 On Thursday 13 October 2005 23:24, you wrote:
 > I think this might be a case of "don't do that".
 
 I will strongly disagree on "don't do that" fixes, when we are talking about a 
 segmentation fault in a program, that is part of the base system.
 
 > It shouldn't be a security problem since if you can run less, you can
 > already execute arbitrary commands (try the ! command inside less).  less
 > does have a "secure" mode in which these things are disabled, and in that
 > case the -k option is disabled as well.
 
 I agree that it shouldn't be a security problem though.
 
 Best regards
 db