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CGI always call perl before execution

           Summary: CGI always call perl before execution
           Product: Tomcat 5
           Version: 5.0.18
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Other
         Component: Servlets:CGI
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: kws@qad.com
                CC: kws@qad.com


The cgiExecutable variable defaults to "perl" and is only overwritten if 
the "executable" config parameter is set. It should default to null and only 
add it to the CGI executable command if it is non-null. This can break any 
system that does not have perl installed and in the PATH. It also adds and 
additional process that must be started before executing the cgi script.

Code: CGIServlet.java

Fix:

cgiExecutable = null;

       if (cgiExecutable != null) {
        	   cmdAndArgs.insert(0,cgiExecutable + " ");
        }

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