The RLD environment variables are related to runtime linker vulnerability in TELNET on systems running Silicon Graphics IRIX. It is extremely unlikely current util-linux would be compiled on such system. Reference: http://www.cert.org/historical/advisories/CA-1995-14.cfm Reference: http://signatures.juniper.net/documentation/signatures/TELNET%3AEXPLOIT%3ASGI-RLD.html Refefence: http://www.polarhome.com/service/man/?qf=rld&tf=2&of=IRIX&sf=1 Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- lib/env.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/env.c b/lib/env.c index c79e0e0de..b2e3d975a 100644 --- a/lib/env.c +++ b/lib/env.c @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ extern char **environ; #endif static char * const forbid[] = { - "_RLD_=", "BASH_ENV=", /* GNU creeping featurism strikes again... */ "ENV=", "HOME=", -- 2.13.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html