GNU bug report logs - #6953
24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mark Diekhans <markd <at> soe.ucsc.edu>

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:13:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 6953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, markd <at> soe.ucsc.edu
Subject: Re: bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:54:17 -0400

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:38:42 -0400
> Cc: 6953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> A partial solution for the first problem is simple (below).

Note that this partial solution will do nothing on MS-Windows.
(There's currently no infrastructure in Emacs to create _really_
private files and directories on MS-Windows, even on filesystems that
support file security.)
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