Bug 672592

Summary: It should not be allowed if environment variable begins with a digit
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Vojtech Vitek <vvitek>
Component: tcshAssignee: Vojtech Vitek <vvitek>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Branislav NĂ¡ter <bnater>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 6.0CC: bnater, caixianchao, hripps, jkaluza, msvoboda, ovasik
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: tcsh-6.17-13.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The tcsh shell allowed variables to named in incorrect formats, such as by allowing a variable name to begin with a digit. This issue has been fixed: variable names are now verified according to Unix variable-naming conventions.
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Clone Of: 436901 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 17:02:00 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 436901    
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Comment 5 Miroslav Svoboda 2011-08-30 10:43:05 UTC
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The tcsh shell allowed variables to named in incorrect formats, such as by allowing a variable name to begin with a digit. This issue has been fixed: variable names are now verified according to Unix variable-naming conventions.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 17:02:00 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1686.html