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From: baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Steven L. Baur)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Gnu Emacs security hole?
Message-ID: <332@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 90 15:43:26 GMT
References: <10022@leadsv.UUCP>
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA
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From article <10022@leadsv.UUCP>, by tn@leadsv.UUCP (Tristan Nefzger):
> Some time ago a review of Clifford Stoll's book appeared in EE Times
> (11/6/89).  Mentioned was a bug in Gnu Emacs which "allows a file to
> be moved into the protected systems space."  Do you know of any
> security holes in Gnu Emacs and what versions they are in?


Sure.  All files edited by root and having read permission turned
off for world are e-mailed to rms :-).


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steve	baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM
A computer which cannot run GNU emacs is not worth using.