From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: David Bremner <bremner-dated-1252800134.2fccb3@pivot.cs.unb.ca>
Cc: 4291@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:42:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1x7hwk3gis.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1MhXrz-0005yJ-3B@localhost> (David Bremner's message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:02:07 -0300")
David Bremner wrote:
> By default doc-view-mode makes a directory /tmp/docview$uid . Since
> this is easily predictable, a malicious person could cause docview to
> fail simply by creating a directory with the same name.
Couldn't they do the same thing by simply filling /tmp with junk, no
matter what filename is used?
(Emacs server also uses the same name every time AFAIK.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-31 1:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-30 0:02 bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service David Bremner
2009-08-31 1:42 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-08-31 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01 21:15 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-12 21:18 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-12 21:44 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-12 21:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-12 22:16 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-12 22:18 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-16 19:38 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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