GNU bug report logs - #17187
24.3.50.1 open-dribble-file stores pw

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:32:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.50.1

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 17187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17187: 24.3.50.1 open-dribble-file stores pw
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:05:10 -0400

Daniel Colascione wrote:

> That's racy. What about using fchmod and falling back to post-open chmod
> for systems that don't have fchmod?

I'm no C coder, please feel free to improve it.
But IIUC it's been argued that we don't need to guard against malicious
intent here, only user oversight.
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