GNU bug report logs - #37656
27.0.50; Arbitrary code execution with special `mode:'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: adam plaice <plaice.adam+lists <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 08:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 37656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Adam Plaice <plaiceadam <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: Re: bug#37656: 27.0.50; Arbitrary code execution with special `mode:'
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:51:57 +0200

> Please don't cross-post bug reports.  Please use only one of these two
> lists for any discussions, preferably the bug list.

Sorry!

> This feature was described as "deprecated", but where and why did we
> deprecate it?

I think bug#8613 is where the decision was made.  The deprecation is
mentioned in files.el and the manual warns against using `mode:' for
minor modes in:
(info "(emacs) Specifying File Variables")

Adam
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