From c153de987df3a2989a72f200528a9ea6d1990a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deraadt <>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 12:10:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] system() $EDITOR safely

---
 src/lib/libutil/passwd.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/passwd.c b/src/lib/libutil/passwd.c
index c473eca7..0d03133d 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/passwd.c
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/passwd.c
@@ -154,19 +154,21 @@ pw_edit(notsetuid, filename)
 		filename = _PATH_MASTERPASSWD_LOCK;
 	if (!(editor = getenv("EDITOR")))
 		editor = _PATH_VI;
-	if (p = strrchr(editor, '/'))
-		++p;
-	else 
-		p = editor;
+
+	p = malloc(strlen(editor) + 1 + strlen(filename) + 1);
+	if (p == NULL)
+		return;
+	sprintf(p, "%s %s", editor, filename);
 
 	if (!(editpid = vfork())) {
 		if (notsetuid) {
 			setgid(getgid());
 			setuid(getuid());
 		}
-		execlp(editor, p, filename, NULL);
+		system(p);
 		_exit(1);
 	}
+	free(p);
 	for (;;) {
 		editpid = waitpid(editpid, (int *)&pstat, WUNTRACED);
 		if (editpid == -1)