>Number:         1945
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       env output may cause sh syntax errors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 14 19:05:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Seebach
>Organization:
Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
>Release:        -current (Oct '95)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (SEEBS) #3: Tue Nov 28 18:59:30 CST 1995 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga


>Description:
	If environment variables contain ('s or other sh metacharacters,
	the env output can cause syntax errors.

>How-To-Repeat:
	$ export ORGANIZATION="Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)"
	$ eval `env`

>Fix:
	env should probably escape metacharacters (and spaces)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: