GNU bug report logs - #22202
24.5; SECURITY ISSUE -- Emacs Server vulnerable to random number generator attack on Windows systems

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Demetri Obenour <demetriobenour <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Found in version 24.5

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: bug#22202: 24.5; SECURITY ISSUE -- Emacs Server vulnerable to random number generator attack on Windows systems
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:05:14 +0200
> From: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:40:05 +0000
> Cc: 22202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 
> 	Demetri Obenour <demetriobenour <at> gmail.com>, David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>, 
> 	Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> 
> I can't build from the current sources; the error is:
> 
>   CCLD     temacs.exe
> sysdep.o: In function `init_random':
> C:/emacs/repo/emacs/src/sysdep.c:2108: undefined reference to `gnutls_rnd'
> C:/emacs/repo/emacs/src/sysdep.c:2108:(.text+0xf38): relocation
> truncated to fit: R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol `gnutls_rnd'
> collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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