| From 3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 | 
 | From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@gnu.org> | 
 | Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 19:36:15 +0200 | 
 | Subject: Invoke ed directly instead of using the shell | 
 |  | 
 | * src/pch.c (do_ed_script): Invoke ed directly instead of using a shell | 
 | command to avoid quoting vulnerabilities. | 
 | --- | 
 |  src/pch.c | 6 ++---- | 
 |  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) | 
 |  | 
 | --- a/src/pch.c | 
 | +++ b/src/pch.c | 
 | @@ -2459,9 +2459,6 @@ do_ed_script (char const *inname, char c | 
 |  	    *outname_needs_removal = true; | 
 |  	    copy_file (inname, outname, 0, exclusive, instat.st_mode, true); | 
 |  	  } | 
 | -	sprintf (buf, "%s %s%s", editor_program, | 
 | -		 verbosity == VERBOSE ? "" : "- ", | 
 | -		 outname); | 
 |  	fflush (stdout); | 
 |   | 
 |  	pid = fork(); | 
 | @@ -2470,7 +2467,8 @@ do_ed_script (char const *inname, char c | 
 |  	else if (pid == 0) | 
 |  	  { | 
 |  	    dup2 (tmpfd, 0); | 
 | -	    execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", buf, (char *) 0); | 
 | +	    assert (outname[0] != '!' && outname[0] != '-'); | 
 | +	    execlp (editor_program, editor_program, "-", outname, (char  *) NULL); | 
 |  	    _exit (2); | 
 |  	  } | 
 |  	else |