Security Advisories (2)
App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl read arbitrary files via --files-from in a project .ackrc. ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for a project .ackrc and loads its options. The project-source option blocklist in App::Ack::ConfigLoader does not include --files-from, so a project .ackrc can set it to a path whose listed files ack then reads and searches. Version 3.10.0 added --follow to the blocklist; --files-from remains accepted. A project .ackrc committed to an untrusted repository can make ack read files outside the project and print their matching lines.
App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl print unsanitised terminal escape sequences from filenames in several output modes. When ack prints a filename whose basename contains terminal control bytes such as ANSI escape sequences, those bytes reach the terminal unchanged. Version 3.10.0 added a _safe_filename helper that sanitises the filenames printed by -f, -g, the colored match heading, and per-match lines, but the --show-types, -l/-L, and -c paths still emit the raw filename. A file whose name embeds cursor-movement or color escapes can overwrite or recolor earlier terminal output, or be passed unchanged to a downstream consumer.
Squashes together the parts of ack into the single ack-standalone file.
The arguments to squash are either filenames from the ack distro like Ack.pm, or module names like File::Next. For modules, squash loads them and then pushes them into ack-standalone.
POD gets stripped from all modules.
Module Install Instructions
To install App::Ack, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm App::Ackperl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::AckFor more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.