From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: dkg@fifthhorseman.net
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [dkg@fifthhorseman.net: security: url-cookies file stored world-readable, allowing session hijacking]
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:38:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <08bq90odfi.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1IzGGJ-0006Uw-87@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:43:23 -0500")
> I just noticed that ~/.url/cookies was world-readable, and its parent
> directory was world-readable, exposing the cookies emacs held to the
> outside world, which allows for a session hijacking attack.
I can fix this. Should ~/.url be private, or just certain files within
it (cookies, history, what else)?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-09 1:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-03 18:43 [dkg@fifthhorseman.net: security: url-cookies file stored world-readable, allowing session hijacking] Richard Stallman
2007-12-09 1:38 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2007-12-10 6:19 ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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