owasp-modsecurity / owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity
Handle strange Windows usernames
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Description
To cope with strange characters in Windows usernames,
in /iis/wix/list_dependencies.bat
line 25 should be quoted:
SET log_file="%TEMP%"\ModSecurityIIS-depedencies-%log_file:~-5%.TXT
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Inspect /iis/wix/list_dependencies.bat around line 25 and reproduce dependency-list generation with a Windows username containing unusual characters. Adjust the log_file assignment as described, then verify that the generated temporary log path and filename are correct.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100