Author: reimar Date: Sun May 5 19:02:33 2013 New Revision: 36240 Log: Allow parsing arbitrary files as playlist only if explicitly enabled. Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/cfg-mplayer.h trunk/mplayer.c Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sun May 5 19:02:31 2013 (r36239) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sun May 5 19:02:33 2013 (r36240) @@ -1290,6 +1290,13 @@ only to the elements of this playlist. FIXME: This needs to be clarified and documented thoroughly. . .TP +.B \-allow-dangerous-playlist-parsing +This enables parsing any file as a playlist if e.g. a server advertises +a file as playlist. +Only enable if you know all servers involved are trustworthy. +MPlayer's playlist code is not designed to handle malicious playlist files. +. +.TP .B \-rtc\-device <device> Use the specified device for RTC timing. .