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Re: [PATCH] gitk: use mktemp -d to avoid predictable temporary directories

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Jun 15, 2014, 04:57 UTC
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<20140615045752.GF21978@iris.ozlabs.ibm.com>
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<1402695828-91537-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com>
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 02:43:48PM -0700, David Aguilar wrote:
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> gitk uses a predictable ".gitk-tmp.$PID" pattern when generating
> a temporary directory.
> 
> Use "mktemp -d .gitk-tmp.XXXXXX" to harden gitk against someone
> seeding /tmp with files matching the pid pattern.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Thanks, applied.
Paul.
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  1. gitk: use mktemp -d to avoid predictable temporary directoriesDavid Aguilar, Jun 13, 2014
  2. Paul MackerrasJun 15, 2014
  3. Pat ThoytsJun 15, 2014
  4. brian m. carlsonJun 15, 2014
  5. David AguilarJun 15, 2014
  6. brian m. carlsonJun 15, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2014
  8. David AguilarJun 19, 2014
  9. Thomas BraunJun 16, 2014

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