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Stop running programs (ie xmessage) through the shell #9

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ShannonGreen opened this issue Oct 13, 2014 · 0 comments

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ShannonGreen commented Oct 13, 2014

Because notifications come from an untrusted source, use of the shell prevents a major security vulnerability.

Calls to external programs should be rewritten with security in mind.

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