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slim -- insecure PATH assignment

Description:

SLiM assigns logged on users a PATH in which the current working directory ("./") is included. This PATH can allow unintentional code execution through planted binaries and has therefore been fixed SLiM version 1.3.2.

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portaudit: slim -- insecure PATH assignment

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>