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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc: dooglus@gmail.com, c.a.rendle@gmail.com,
	Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C file recoginzed as image file
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:52:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070114025247.GB2401@kobe.laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1H44QX-0007Fz-Ll@fencepost.gnu.org>

On 2007-01-08 19:01, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
>       And in case there's a vulnerability in libpng, he would not
>     expect to be in danger when opening something.jpg.
> 
> He probably won't expect to be in danger when opening something.png,
> because he probably won't know about the vulnerability.
> 
>     For most GNU/Linux systems, the vulnerable image libraries will be
>     replaced by fixed versions via (automatic) online updates soon.
> 
> That is true for many users, but there is a substantial fraction that,
> like me, hardly ever updates software.

That's very true.

There isn't much Emacs can do to protect against problems with
potentially buggy versions of the image libraries, though.  We
can make Emacs *prompt* the user when something looks ``odd'',
but how do we define ``odd''?

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-14  2:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 150+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-05 14:27 C file recoginzed as image file Charles Rendleman
2007-01-05 14:46 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 14:52   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-05 15:02   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 19:02     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 22:23       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 22:44         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 22:47           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 23:01           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 23:15             ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-06 18:07             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 18:49               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-06  0:12         ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-06 18:07           ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 19:20           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 10:52         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-06  3:20       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-06 10:58         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-07 16:50           ` Mathias Dahl
2007-01-07  3:46         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  5:36           ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08  5:32             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 15:09               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 15:25                 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-08 17:32                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08 19:54                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 11:12                       ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2007-01-09 11:44                         ` Chong Yidong
2007-01-09 11:57                           ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2007-01-09 12:40                           ` David Kastrup
2007-01-09 13:03                             ` martin rudalics
2007-01-09 12:57                           ` Chong Yidong
2007-01-09 16:01                           ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09 13:11                         ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-15  6:06                           ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-09 21:49                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 22:20                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-01-08 19:48                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-08 22:34                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:26                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09  4:08                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09  9:48                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 11:06                             ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-09 12:01                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 12:16                                 ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-09 12:23                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:04                                   ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-10  9:05                                     ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-10  9:38                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10 23:06                                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 21:54                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 21:55                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 23:56                                     ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10  0:21                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10 15:11                                         ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10 15:17                                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 21:08                             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 21:40                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08 17:09                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-08 20:26                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 20:39                   ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 20:48                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 20:52                       ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 21:03                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  7:57                           ` David Kastrup
2007-01-09  9:08                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 18:50                               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 19:47                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 22:38                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-09 23:19                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-10  1:12                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-10  1:37                                       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-08 22:42                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 23:27                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:39                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  2:07                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:32                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:43                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  0:11                       ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09  0:19                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 13:16                   ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-09 17:57                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 19:59                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:04                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:04           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 13:34               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08 18:20                 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 21:02                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08 21:14                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09  0:01                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09  1:08                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 17:57                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 23:24                       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 23:39                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:00                           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10  1:05                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09  4:40                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-09 21:07                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-10  4:23                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-10 23:05                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 13:07                   ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-09 13:25                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 13:57                       ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2007-01-09 23:37                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-15  6:10                         ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-09 22:58                       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 23:31                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-10  1:31                       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 10:05           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-06  2:55     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  3:16       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-06 12:48       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  3:47         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:21           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  9:58             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08  5:32             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 14:05               ` Reiner Steib
2007-01-08 14:16                 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-01-08 18:12                   ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09  0:01                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-14  2:52                   ` Giorgos Keramidas [this message]
2007-01-14 18:55                     ` Sascha Wilde
2007-01-15 14:58                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-15 15:14                         ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-19 16:14                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-19 16:33                             ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-19 17:10                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-20  2:10                                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-20 23:38                                   ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-21 22:27                                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-21 22:36                                       ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-21 22:47                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-22  9:04                                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-14 23:23                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-15  1:14                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-15  5:59                         ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-15 23:27                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 11:49           ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-07 16:21             ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55   ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 12:42     ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  3:47       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:28         ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-08  5:32           ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55 ` Richard Stallman

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