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Insecure dependency in taint mode
hey, i have a slight problem, i know whats wrong, however i dont know how to fix it.
i am trying to run a system command to run one script from another. the problem is with taint mode. if i dont include -T at the top of the script system doesnt run... (i think). if i do include it i get the following error:

[Wed Dec 10 14:07:57 2003] [error] [client 81.132.220.83] malformed header from script. Bad header=<pre>Insecure dependency in sy: /home/jxkobgnr/public_html/cgi-bin/sendtxt.cgi
[Wed Dec 10 14:07:57 2003] sendtxt.cgi: Insecure dependency in system while running with -T switch at /home/jxkobgnr/public_html/cgi-bin/sendtxt.cgi line 305.

Code:
my $link = "/cgi-bin/cron/text.cgi?id=$row_id[0]&code=$code";
delete @ENV{qw(PATH IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};
system "$link";
the problem is that $code is tainted. its a just an cgi param, and $row_id[0] is a database value.
so how can i get it to work?
thanks
Pedge
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Thread Insecure dependency in taint mode pedge 19276 Dec 10, 2003, 6:27 AM
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Andy 18852 Dec 10, 2003, 6:40 AM
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pedge 18857 Dec 10, 2003, 6:59 AM
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Mark Badolato 18847 Dec 10, 2003, 7:07 AM
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pedge 18836 Dec 10, 2003, 7:08 AM
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Andy 18894 Dec 10, 2003, 7:44 AM
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pedge 18871 Dec 10, 2003, 7:57 AM
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pedge 18862 Dec 10, 2003, 2:24 PM
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Mark Badolato 18790 Dec 10, 2003, 6:43 PM
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pedge 18802 Dec 11, 2003, 6:39 AM
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