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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2017-10-04 15:00:59 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2017-10-04 15:01:24 +0200
commit7f11ef26085549664a911fe00807a199bbd1f041 (patch)
tree5daa935eac148294295c23507e703b67818a8f11 /doc
parenta1f7f1870931fe978069482ec0f7dc7d59456966 (diff)
parent0cd9273fd959c6742574259d026039f7da0309a2 (diff)
Merge #9937: rpc: Prevent `dumpwallet` from overwriting files
0cd9273 rpc: Prevent `dumpwallet` from overwriting files (Wladimir J. van der Laan) Pull request description: Prevent arbitrary files from being overwritten by `dumpwallet`. There have been reports that users have overwritten wallet files this way. It may also avoid other security issues. Fixes #9934. Adds mention to release notes and adds a test. Tree-SHA512: 268c98636d40924d793b55a685a0b419bafd834ad369edaec08227ebe26ed4470ddea73008d1c4beb10ea445db1b0bb8e3546ba8fc2d1a411ebd4a0de8ce9120
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@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ Low-level RPC changes
* `getwalletinfo`
* `getmininginfo`
+- `dumpwallet` no longer allows overwriting files. This is a security measure
+ as well as prevents dangerous user mistakes.
+
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