GNU bug report logs - #37744
Insecure permissions on /var/guix/profiles/per-user (CVE-2019-18192)

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Message #104 received at 37744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 37744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37744: Per-user profile directory hijack (CVE-2019-17365 for
 Nix)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:25:58 +0200

Hallo!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès 写道：
>> See https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37744
>
> Will this be automatically linkified?

Yes, I think so.

>> # Upgrading
>>
>> On multi-user systems, we recommend upgrading the daemon now.
>>
>> To upgrade the daemon on a “foreign distro”, run something along
>> these
>
> Imperialist nitpick: why list the foreigners first?  :-)
>
> Anti-imperialist nitpick: reversing the two allows using ‘other
> distributions’ instead of ‘foreign’ which always sounds a bit
> dismissive to my ears.
>
> End nitpick.

That makes sense to me; I’m not satisfied with “foreign” either (I think
the inspiration came from FFIs, but still).  Maybe “fellow distros”?
:-)

I’ve received the CVE ID (CVE-2019-18192) just now so I’ve added it to
the article and pushed it.

It should show up on line shortly.

Thank you for your feedback!

Ludo’.

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