Taint shmread().

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 8904889..52a6fba 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -206,10 +206,17 @@ will produce different results on platforms that have different
 $Config{ivsize}.  For portability, be sure to mask off the excess bits
 in the result of unary C<~>, e.g., C<~$x & 0xffffffff>.
 
-=head2 The shell returned by the getpwxxx() is now tainted
+=head2 The passwd and shell returned by the getpwxxx() are now tainted
 
-Because the user can affect her own login shell the shell returned
-by the getpwent(), getpwnam(), and getpwuid() functions is tainted.
+Because the user can affect her own encrypted password and login shell
+the password and shell returned by the getpwent(), getpwnam(), and
+getpwuid() functions are tainted.
+
+=head2 The shmread() now taints its variable
+
+Because other (untrusted) processes can modify shared memory segments
+for their own nefarious purposes, the variable modified by shmread()
+becomes tainted.
 
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