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bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial o
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service |
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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:15:54 -0400 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
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.
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