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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Mark ox-latex variables safe locals under proper conditions
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:35:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9hrb1g5.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878uxbcs2q.fsf@gmail.com> (Aaron Ecay's message of "Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:15:25 -0400")

Hello,

Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com> writes:

> 2013ko urriak 29an, Nicolas Goaziou-ek idatzi zuen:

>> Out of curiosity, why did you skip other variables (e.g.
>> org-latex-footnote-separator)?
>
> Because these variables insert arbitrary latex code into the export
> output, they could be put to nefarious purposes.  If I can trick you
> into compiling a latex document that I’ve inserted malicious code into,
> AND into passing a particular non-default command line flag to latex,
> then I can execute arbitrary shell commands on your machine with your
> privileges.

You are right. In my mind, "safe" meant safe Lisp-wise, not LaTeX-wise.

I applied your patch. Thank you.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2013-10-30  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-28 20:19 [PATCH 0/3] Safe local variable declarations Aaron Ecay
2013-10-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 1/3] Mark ox-latex variables safe locals under proper conditions Aaron Ecay
2013-10-29  8:24   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-10-30  4:15     ` Aaron Ecay
2013-10-30  8:35       ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2013-10-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 2/3] Mark some org-babel variables as " Aaron Ecay
2013-10-30  1:50   ` Eric Schulte
2013-10-30  4:19     ` Aaron Ecay
2013-10-30 18:02       ` Eric Schulte
2013-10-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 3/3] mark o-b-default-header-args:R as a safe local " Aaron Ecay
2013-10-30  1:54   ` Eric Schulte

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