Bug 672592 - It should not be allowed if environment variable begins with a digit
Summary: It should not be allowed if environment variable begins with a digit
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tcsh
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vojtech Vitek
QA Contact: Branislav Náter
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Depends On: 436901
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-25 17:05 UTC by Vojtech Vitek
Modified: 2015-03-04 23:57 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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.
Clone Of: 436901
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 17:02:00 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1686 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE tcsh bug fix update 2011-12-06 00:50:01 UTC

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
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