security issue

From: Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:17:09 +0000
Subject: security issue
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<?php $a=ls -R /; echo $a; ?> <?php $a=cat /etc/shadow; echo $a; ?> etc.. Produces listing of the entire system and dump of the password file. This is a security hole. How can I prevent this? Lou.

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