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ChangeLog README
Log Message:
Direct attention to security issues with webcscope.
Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/cscope/cscope/ChangeLog,v
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2006-10-23 Neil Horman <nhorman@...>
! * src/main.c: Update sigwinch_handler to only register if
! linemode is not specified (SF bug 1574354)
2006-10-15 Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker@...>
! * src/dir.c (accessible_file): New function to taste for file
readability more strictly than just access().
(inviewpath): Use it to avoid unreadable files (directories, in
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+ 2007-01-07 Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker@...>
+
+ * README: Add a warning about the intended user audience not
+ including superusers or anonymous ones.
+
+ * contrib/webcscope/cscope: Find perl in /usr/bin, which should be
+ more likely as its installation position these days. Put a big
+ red reminder to the top of the generated HTML page warning about
+ the security issues involved with webcscope. Thanks to V-Li and
+ the Gentoo folks for the patch.
+
2006-10-23 Neil Horman <nhorman@...>
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! * src/main.c: Update sigwinch_handler to only register if linemode
! is not specified (SF bug 1574354)
2006-10-15 Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker@...>
! * src/dir.c (accessible_file): New function to test for file
readability more strictly than just access().
(inviewpath): Use it to avoid unreadable files (directories, in
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2006-10-10 Neil Horman <nhorman@...>
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* src/main.c: Updated sigwinch_handler to not run in the event
that curses is not running to avoid crash (SF bug 1574354)
Index: README
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RCS file: /cvsroot/cscope/cscope/README,v
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"INSTALL".
+ One thing to be pointed out is that this is ancient Unix software
+ predating much of today's security concerns. While we do try to
+ address safety issues as we learn about them, it must be said that
+ this is in no way hardened or secure software. It's designed to be
+ used by developers, not administrators or anonymous users.
+
Browse to http://cscope.sourceforge.net for more current information
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