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File 0001-Avoid-argument-injection-vulnerability-in-open_envvar.patch of Package xdg-utils

From ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Corona <gabriel.corona@enst-bretagne.fr>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:09:00 +0100
Subject: Avoid argument injection vulnerability in open_envvar()

---
 scripts/xdg-open.in | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/xdg-open.in b/scripts/xdg-open.in
index 2972257..021524b 100644
--- a/scripts/xdg-open.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-open.in
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ open_generic_xdg_x_scheme_handler()
     fi
 }
 
+has_single_argument()
+{
+  test $# = 1
+}
+
 open_envvar()
 {
     local oldifs="$IFS"
@@ -365,7 +370,10 @@ open_envvar()
         fi
 
         if echo "$browser" | grep -q %s; then
-            $(printf "$browser" "$1")
+            # Avoid argument injection.
+            # See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
+            # URIs don't have IFS characters spaces anyway.
+            has_single_argument $1 && $(printf "$browser" "$1")
         else
             $browser "$1"
         fi
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