GNU bug report logs - #25611
26.0.50; dired-do-compress unpacks .tgz files

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Reported by: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 03:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.50

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>
Cc: 25611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ohwoeowho <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#25611: 26.0.50; dired-do-compress unpacks .tgz files
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:51:53 -0500

Mike Kupfer wrote:

> It occurs to me that this could be considered a security vulnerability.

I'm not sure I agree, but regardless I do not expect a command that
"compresses or uncompresses files" to extract a tar file. These should
be separate steps/commands IMO. Exactly as you said in your initial
report.
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