GNU bug report logs - #8427
[SECURITY] sql.el -- comint process passwords are leaked to ps(1) listing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Found in version 23.2+1-7

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #115 received at 8427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, larsi <at> gnus.org, 8427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Michael Mauger <mmauger <at> protonmail.com>, ahyatt <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#8427: [SECURITY] sql.el -- comint process passwords are
 leaked to ps(1) listing
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:05:57 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I've pushed to master for now. I'll test this week and decide then whether I push to emacs-28.
>
> If you decide to backport to emacs-28, please cherry-pick from master,
> instead of making a separate independent commit, because cherry-picks
> are automatically skipped when emacs-28 branch is merged to master
> (which happens almost daily these days).

Except the etc/NEWS change. This file differs heavily between emacs-28
and master branches. Furthermore, I have fixed some oddities in that
file wrt this change.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.
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