From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: tassilo@member.fsf.org,
David Bremner <bremner-dated-1252800134.2fccb3@pivot.cs.unb.ca>,
4291@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:15:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vgocpufjsl.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwveiqsqbq8.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Yes, tho it's a bit different: your case can be avoided by appropriate
> use of quotas on /tmp (yes, I realize this is highly unlikely), and your
> case cannot be obtained without impacting the system as a whole
> (i.e. it's less discrete).
The original scenario doesn't seem likely (or discreet). I suggest
just making docview give an explicit error if its cache dir: a) cannot
be created; or b) exists but cannot be read or written to.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-01 21:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-30 0:02 bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service David Bremner
2009-08-31 1:42 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-31 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01 21:15 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-07-12 21:18 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-12 21:44 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-12 21:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-12 22:16 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-12 22:18 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-16 19:38 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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