From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12632: file permissions checking mishandled when setuid Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:44:26 -0400 Message-ID: <23r4osd2f9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <5078CAB6.7020509@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9vq7oqh.fsf@gnu.org> <507A58CC.10209@cs.ucla.edu> <83fw5h5yo6.fsf@gnu.org> <507B010F.20105@cs.ucla.edu> <831uh06gqd.fsf@gnu.org> <507B15B0.2040802@cs.ucla.edu> <83txtw4xmk.fsf@gnu.org> <507B2354.3030408@cs.ucla.edu> <83sj9g4vy7.fsf@gnu.org> <507BAA6C.2000601@cs.ucla.edu> <83lif74p78.fsf@gnu.org> <507C823D.40304@cs.ucla.edu> <83d30j3wqg.fsf@gnu.org> <507CF802.6000305@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9vm4bmv.fsf@gnu.org> <50818763.80501@cs.ucla.edu> <83wqymz4me.fsf@gnu.org> <5081A1DF.9000009@cs.ucla.edu> <5081ABD6.9060002@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350783929 28868 80.91.229.3 (21 Oct 2012 01:45:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12632@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 21 03:45:36 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkbe-0001oZ-NE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:45:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkbX-0003D8-Ac for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:45:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55212) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkbV-0003Cs-97 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:45:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkbU-0002ZD-A1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:45:25 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43399) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkbU-0002Z7-6r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:45:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkd4-00023u-1u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12632 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: security patch Original-Received: via spool by 12632-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12632.13507839697857 (code B ref 12632); Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12632) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Oct 2012 01:46:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53650 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkcC-00022f-4z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:46:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:46027 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkc9-00022X-US for 12632@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TPkaY-0000YH-DS; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:44:26 -0400 X-Spook: Watergate CDC cybercash MD4 RSA anarchy Jyllandsposten X-Ran: "Iw3A_j!#It0iQXoiEo?}9n6#JHU3epGn=Cp[,C<">@Zy?vFRF?8BFd,H0<;,#Ah,hFFDM X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <5081ABD6.9060002@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:36:54 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:65806 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > People do it all the time, often unwittingly, typically by > having setuid or settgid scripts that end up invoking an > editor. I've run into the problem myself. I thought setuid shell scripts were not supported on most UNIXs?