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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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 6953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mark Diekhans <markd <at> soe.ucsc.edu>
Subject: bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:28:18 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> The time window during which the access rights are too loose.

Do you mean changing Fcopy_file to optionally not copy the source file
permission bits to the output file? Maybe that's better, but it would
need yet another optional argument for copy-file, which would probably
not see much use outside of this context.
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