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Created attachment 347433 [details] Remove current directory from default path Description of problem: The SLiM display manager includes the current directory in it's default path which opens up users to trojan attacks and other unexpected behavior. It should be removed from the default config. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): slim-1.3.1-5.fc11.i586 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. open xterm 2. echo $PATH Actual results: [nstraz@tin ~]$ echo $PATH /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/msp/nstraz/bin Expected results: [nstraz@tin ~]$ echo $PATH /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/msp/nstraz/bin Additional info:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484773 But not reported upstream so far, as far as I could tell.
slim-1.3.0-8.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/slim-1.3.0-8.fc9
Patch was added in http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=111326 for Rawhide 12, but needs backporting to the Fedora 10 and Fedora 11 releases.
slim-1.3.1-8.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/slim-1.3.1-8.fc11
slim-1.3.1-9.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/slim-1.3.1-9.fc10
slim-1.3.1-9.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update slim'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-10461
slim-1.3.1-8.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update slim'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-10475
slim-1.3.1-8.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
slim-1.3.1-9.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.