Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] git-core: Support retrieving passwords with GIT_ASKPASS

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Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> OTOH, it may be worthwhile to set
>>
>> 		pass.use_shell = 1;
>>
>> to allow commands that are not just a single plain word. But perhaps this
>> has security implications - I don't know.
> 
> How does SSH_ASKPASS gets interpreted by other programs?  I think we
> should follow that example.

openssh treats SSH_ASKPASS as a command name and uses execlp, i.e., does a
PATH search; no shell tricks are possible. Hence, we should *not* set
use_shell.

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/readpass.c?rev=1.47

Of course, we could define that GIT_ASKPASS is different from SSH_ASKPASS
in this regard, but I haven't followed the discussion to know whether this
is necessary.

-- Hannes
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