GNU bug report logs - #17416
insecure temp files in ob-screen.el

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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [O] bug#17416: insecure temp files in ob-screen.el
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 05:35:37 -0400

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

> Package: emacs,org-mode
> Version: 24.3.90
> Severity: important
> Tags: security
>
> org-babel-screen-session-write-temp-file and org-babel-screen-test seem
> to use predictable temp-file names, which is a security issue. Using
> `make-temp-file', or if the file names really need to be predictable,
> something equivalent to `doc-view-make-safe-dir' (there should really be
> a general utility function for this IMO) to first create a /tmp
> subdirectory would avoid this.
>

I just pushed up a fix for this issue.  Thanks,

-- 
Eric Schulte
https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
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