From: Kenneth Wyatt <soy.el.gato.negro@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: How do I report security issue?
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:18:00 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58d23d65-a7de-cc89-de47-22776316a330@gmail.com> (raw)
Hi guys,
I found a very simple way to get sudo/root shell in Emacs without
passing a password check for launching the shell. While it does rely on
actions by a user who does know the sudo password, once these actions
are taken, an unattended terminal can be used to gain full sudo shell
session with (from what I can tell) no timeout on one's ability to do so.
Unsure exactly where to report this as the public bugtracker seems
inappropriate even if reporting it seems unlikely to result in
widespread in-the-wild use.
It's totally possible this is also "as intended" behaviour, but that
seems unlikely, and if it is, I think changing the default behaviour
would be the responsible thing to do. I'm sure I'm not the first person
to discover this, but an admittedly cursory search didn't turn up
discussion online.
Could someone direct me where to report the replication steps in a
responsible manner?
Thanks so much,
Kenneth
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2021-07-11 9:18 Kenneth Wyatt [this message]
2021-07-11 11:26 ` How do I report security issue? Michael Albinus
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