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mapumbaa@lemmy.zip to Emacs@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago

Emacs Arbitrary Code Execution and How to Avoid It

eshelyaron.com

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Emacs Arbitrary Code Execution and How to Avoid It

eshelyaron.com

mapumbaa@lemmy.zip to Emacs@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago
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A post by Eshel Yaron with details and advice about a long standing arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Emacs
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  • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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    IDEs and such prompt the user whether they trust any new repositories they open. If Emacs had similar functionality, elisp eval could simply be disabled by default and users would then M-x trust-this-repository to permanently enable it again for the repo they’re in.

    • samc@feddit.uk
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      Plus we could also get rid of the hacky risky vs safe dir-locals system that fills up custom.el with clutter

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    …all y’all know exactly how to avoid an emacs vulnerability, but I’m afraid to VoIce My opinion

    • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
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      quit computers

    • django@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Vim?

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        Shhh don’t make the forbidden sound here, little one

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        nano

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