[GHC] #5741: openFile should fail if null bytes are in the argument

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#5741: openFile should fail if null bytes are in the argument
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 Reporter:  Veinor                   |          Owner:                  
     Type:  feature request          |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                   |      Component:  libraries/base  
  Version:  7.2.1                    |       Keywords:                  
       Os:  Unknown/Multiple         |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Failure:  Runtime performance bug  |       Testcase:                  
Blockedby:                           |       Blocking:                  
  Related:                           |  
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 If the argument to openFile contains a null byte, right now it silently
 truncates everything after the null byte. This could lead to a
 vulnerability if the programmer relies on the presence of an extension
 such as ".cfg" to prevent people from reading in, say, /etc/passwd.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5741>
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