From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: CVE-2017-14482 - Red Hat Customer Portal Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:45 -0400 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 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506374833 24272 195.159.176.226 (25 Sep 2017 21:27:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:27:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 25 23:27:09 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 1dwauA-0005vh-8T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 23:27:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44366 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dwauH-0000mw-OR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:27:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dwats-0000mg-71 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dwatr-0000yK-Cs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dwatr-0000yG-93 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dwatp-0004sv-HU; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:45 -0400 X-Spook: pre-emptive Fortezza threat Glock nitrate Interstate X-Ran: #+|R5p2-'E&:@NBwm0Tp|Cz'%'qAf3J&Iek*e&o{,JJL!gpY.h~gGZYc.~7Oo3C/&tHeq+ X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <83fubcajtg.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 24 Sep 2017 05:53:31 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:114399 Archived-At: 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.