GNU bug report logs - #15522
gzcmp/gzdiff + gznew shell scripts use temporary files unsafely

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Rich Burridge <rich.burridge <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 00:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Rich Burridge <rich.burridge <at> oracle.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 15522-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15522: gzcmp/gzdiff + gznew shell scripts use temporary files unsafely
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:16:40 -0700

On 10/03/2013 09:14 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> The zdiff usage of set -C is executed only on older
> platforms that lack mktemp, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Okay.

>
> znew.  What a dinosaur.  It's hardly worth fixing, but I
> installed this:

Excellent. We'll use a similar patch against the version we current have.

Thanks.
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