Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: [ADMIN] cygwin package search temporarily disabled Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:43:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20040713012048.GA13724@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jul 2004 17:43:59.0953 (UTC) FILETIME=[25130410:01C469CA] > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 13 July 2004 02:21 > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:18:00PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Folks, > > > >the "Search package list" functionality on > http://cygwin.com/packages/ > >has been temporarily disabled due to security considerations. > > > >I can't say for how long this service will be down, but it > will probably > >be a few days. > > > > > >Sorry for the inconvenience, > > The scripts are back online now. > > cgf Remote command execution through incorrect escaping of shell metachars, then? Thought there might be a way to get it to do that. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/