Package: xterm Version: 4.1.0-16woody1 Severity: important Tags: security
xterm removes the environment variable TMPDIR from the process environment: To reproduce the error, run the following command, which starts a xterm showing the value of the TMPDIR environment variable: $ env TMPDIR=/tmp xterm -hold -e printenv TMPDIR As can be seen in that xterm: TMPDIR has no value. Compare it with the following variant, which shows the value of the tmpdir environment variable: $ env tmpdir=/tmp xterm -hold -e printenv tmpdir This time, xterm displays the value, which is /tmp. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux kugelfisch 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii debconf 1.0.32 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfreetype6 2.0.9-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-7 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.1.0-16woody1 X Athena widget set library ii xlibs 4.1.0-16woody1 X Window System client libraries -- Wenn Sie mir E-Mail schreiben, stellen | When writing me e-mail, please Sie bitte vor meine E-Mail-Adresse | precede my e-mail address with meinen Vor- und Nachnamen, etwa so: | my full name, like Helmut Waitzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Helmut Waitzmann) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
