GNU bug report logs - #29182
CVE-2017-1000383: umask and backup files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 21:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, security, wontfix

Found in version 25.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 29182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 29182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#29182: CVE-2017-1000383: umask and backup files
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:05:58 -0400

It is a silly CVE, but IMO backups belong by default in a private
subdirectory of user-emacs-directory (user-data-directory if such a
thing existed).
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 346 days ago.

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