From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emacs 25.3 released Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:40:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83vaknq399.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wp55t0un.fsf@petton.fr> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505234886 6413 195.159.176.226 (12 Sep 2017 16:48:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nicolas@petton.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philippe Vaucher Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 12 18:47:57 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1droLW-0000J3-6G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:47:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37326 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1droLd-0005iB-F6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:47:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51184) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1droEo-0008Vv-Bp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:40:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1droEl-0007uT-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:40:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39895) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1droEk-0007uP-Sl; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:40:34 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2275 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1droEk-0003S5-5h; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:40:34 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Philippe Vaucher on Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:05:29 +0200) 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: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218133 Archived-At: > From: Philippe Vaucher > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:05:29 +0200 > Cc: Emacs Devel > > This vulnerability was introduced in Emacs 19.29. To work around that > in Emacs versions before 25.3, append the following to your ~/.emacs > init file: > > Does a vulnerability that has been there since that long really deserve such a rushed release? The same question, more or less, was already asked and answered, in the positive. People actually wanted the release even earlier, but we had to wait for a day until Nicolas could find free time. > I don't understand why this particular security issue was treated that dramatically, but maybe I'm missing > something. That's what everyone wanted. Just read the lists.