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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 1d8868c34..506aee330 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -10815,16 +10815,16 @@ SRS encoding. See SECT &<<SECTSRS>>& for details.
-.vitem &*${substr{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&
+.vitem &*${substr{*&<&'start'&>&*}{*&<&'len'&>&*}{*&<&'subject'&>&*}}*&
.cindex "&%substr%& expansion item"
.cindex "substring extraction"
.cindex "expansion" "substring extraction"
The three strings are expanded; the first two must yield numbers. Call them
<&'n'&> and <&'m'&>. If you are using fixed values for these numbers, that is,
-if <&'string1'&> and <&'string2'&> do not change when they are expanded, you
+if <&'start'&> and <&'len'&> do not change when they are expanded, you
can use the simpler operator notation that avoids some of the braces:
.code
-${substr_<n>_<m>:<string>}
+${substr_<n>_<m>:<subject>}
.endd
The second number is optional (in both notations).
If it is absent in the simpler format, the preceding underscore must also be
@@ -22846,9 +22846,10 @@ an ideal name for this feature here, but as it was already implemented for the
The expansion variables &$host$& and &$host_address$& are available when the
transport is a remote one. They contain the name and IP address of the host to
which the message is being sent. For example:
+. used to have $sender_address in this cmdline, but it's tainted
.code
transport_filter = /some/directory/transport-filter.pl \
- $host $host_address $sender_address $pipe_addresses
+ $host $host_address $pipe_addresses
.endd
Two problems arise if you want to use more complicated expansion items to
@@ -24810,6 +24811,11 @@ the &%path%& option below). The command is split up into separate arguments by
Exim, and each argument is separately expanded, as described in section
&<<SECThowcommandrun>>& above.
+.new
+.cindex "tainted data"
+No part of the resulting command may be tainted.
+.wen
+
.option environment pipe string&!! unset
.cindex "&(pipe)& transport" "environment for command"
@@ -25125,12 +25131,15 @@ use a shell to run pipe commands.
.cindex "Cyrus"
The next example shows a transport and a router for a system where local
deliveries are handled by the Cyrus IMAP server.
+. Used to have R: local_part_suffix = .* + T: -m $local_part_suffix_v
+. but that suffix is tainted so cannot be used in a command arg
+. Really, you'd want to use a lookup for acceptable suffixes to do real detainting
.code
# transport
local_delivery_cyrus:
driver = pipe
command = /usr/cyrus/bin/deliver \
- -m ${substr_1:$local_part_suffix} -- $local_part
+ -- $local_part_data
user = cyrus
group = mail
return_output
@@ -25142,7 +25151,6 @@ local_delivery_cyrus:
local_user_cyrus:
driver = accept
check_local_user
- local_part_suffix = .*
transport = local_delivery_cyrus
.endd
Note the unsetting of &%message_prefix%& and &%message_suffix%&, and the use of
@@ -33090,7 +33098,7 @@ situation has been previously met.
It uses a hints database to record a timestamp against a key.
host. The syntax of the condition is:
.display
-&`seen =`& <&'time interval'&> &`/`& <&'options'&>
+&`seen =`& <&'optional flag'&><&'time interval'&> &`/`& <&'options'&>
.endd
For example,
@@ -33099,8 +33107,10 @@ defer seen = -5m / key=${sender_host_address}_$local_part@$domain
.endd
in a RCPT ACL will implement simple greylisting.
-The parameters for the condition
-are an interval followed, slash-separated, by a list of options.
+The parameters for the condition are
+a possible minus sign,
+then an interval,
+then, slash-separated, a list of options.
The interval is taken as an offset before the current time,
and used for the test.
If the interval is preceded by a minus sign then the condition returns
@@ -33118,6 +33128,8 @@ no record create or update is done.
If a &%write%& option is given then
a record create or update is always done.
An update is done if the test is for &"since"&.
+If none of those hold and there was no existing record,
+a record is created.
Creates and updates are marked with the current time.