From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Philipp Stephani
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: CVE-2017-14482 - Red Hat Customer Portal
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:46:10 +0000
Message-ID:
References:
<2e991bb7-c570-49ce-be94-3654945bb4b5@mousecar.com>
<87d16jxjz6.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> <861smzcgx3.fsf@zoho.com>
<1b3bec6e-d4d5-37a7-ba54-49bd2d8281bd@yandex.com>
<87377dtw33.fsf@qcore>
<83zi9la78x.fsf@gnu.org>
<9uvak9ib98.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83poah9v5c.fsf@gnu.org>
<83fubcajtg.fsf@gnu.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506448020 18865 195.159.176.226 (26 Sep 2017 17:47:00 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:47:00 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
To: "Ludwig, Mark" , Glenn Morris ,
Eli Zaretskii
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 26 19:46:52 2017
Return-path:
Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17])
by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
(envelope-from )
id 1dwtwW-0004AQ-1L
for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:46:48 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50507 helo=lists.gnu.org)
by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
(envelope-from )
id 1dwtwd-00067k-9e
for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:46:55 -0400
Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33510)
by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
(envelope-from ) id 1dwtwB-00067U-KZ
for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:46:28 -0400
Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
(envelope-from ) id 1dwtwA-0000AL-Lm
for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:46:27 -0400
Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::229]:49333)
by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16)
(Exim 4.71) (envelope-from )
id 1dwtw7-00008A-H1; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:46:23 -0400
Original-Received: by mail-oi0-x229.google.com with SMTP id i128so13068378oih.6;
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:46:22 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025;
h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to
:cc; bh=pYnvpTKblGMUCwtliUGouEC0sMAtjFXvWmrxRPx1RhE=;
b=VqTN9ZdYJ+EofryPWckYLaDEpSHQfVN+iAOFxfr64TGdXVZLNUZsHnnCQJ1/HwISlM
/uyfdDJ/0JfeRsy8LwkDgRow3IR04VqsuRgX/T0JoeSTy8K6sR/cBMbm9fiB2Bfl6cj6
DW2t5KF/79CTV8I8GQRyIGtfRWRNToJayGtDXNs8XtBcwOi5j3+6/khkVdHJyAjVw4cc
YUrZoAbUd9JYCVKinafdfijIXqbR999Ex1rkvRSiviSW8VQ65maArbuBKSrG/PiVpuj4
/9Q1FwHNlDIsobFldhlMjuOOHX7Jxr05O0quSE31LZLAHl4Qdw0v6oDLcYUfxhkD8wyD
8f6A==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=1e100.net; s=20161025;
h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
:message-id:subject:to:cc;
bh=pYnvpTKblGMUCwtliUGouEC0sMAtjFXvWmrxRPx1RhE=;
b=OKIkV5SjPq7OoPkx5OikOPlKsxSGMUuYFNdwG4CbJnEgixzPS/JGf43XJAieBLvuMk
eRptfYRh3iHsfYY3ZV2xhYruVtzzQUk+7a20i1mEnPQb81ZuJMioFhu5G+NW7uIhOIk4
USERhOWB1YYE2ix1x/0HOUOcWSG88q+ypaCfQId8jIGAQ6BRCawkycjYUZGQvCRkaa6/
gVfkf4xJEyYBj0DRJfxeQQQdjqpYZUCnIJcB9IQ/GSVs5U6oJ8tsOuwMHCbMnAQKu8gI
CqGYrhUl2yurvn8xjOU3majcirWShpx+eDHfcqO1NGSyIl7KNapJfrrWlgkJ6PHbh0zW
Jybw==
X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUgaUXFI2+tkN0tOJaqPpv00p38OSgsPdkoYgbib9F933XJ+ADZn
ScW1XID1ImXPbILnNeKv5Gz4ubsj7qI73SKzni0=
X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QB9VZ5BcWF3EGuUUf/d/X9k5JG3g67UIKFx7g4H+1tC+ugTCWZ/oiAAPTcESZ2SByCBOCbC45csFTXUDjTY66c=
X-Received: by 10.202.229.210 with SMTP id c201mr13046050oih.134.1506447981347;
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To:
X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not
recognized.
X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::229
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21
X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21
Precedence: list
List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
List-Unsubscribe: ,
List-Archive:
List-Post:
List-Help:
List-Subscribe: ,
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs"
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114426
Archived-At:
Ludwig, Mark schrieb am Di., 26. Sep. 2017 um
05:44 Uhr:
> > From Glenn Morris, Monday, September 25, 2017 4:27 PM
> >
> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > > A file whose source you don't trust or are unfamiliar with should
> > > initially be examined with find-file-literally, if your security is
> > > indeed important for you. That emulates what most other text editors
> > > do when you open a file.
> >
> > Wow. I find this an extraordinary statement. For example, it means
> > that "emacs [-Q] somefile" could eg happily delete your home directory.
> > Please reconsider.
>
> It is an unhappy reality, but this is no different from other sophisticated
> file formats. Consider the wisdom of "firefox foo.html" where
> you do not know what is in foo.html. You may /think/ you just want to
> "view" what is in foo.html....
>
>
>
Viewing an HTML document will never run arbitrary code, let alone delete
the user's home directory. Unlike Emacs, browsers have pretty good
sandboxes.