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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-10-04 15:00:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-10-04 15:01:24 +0200 |
| commit | 7f11ef26085549664a911fe00807a199bbd1f041 (patch) | |
| tree | 5daa935eac148294295c23507e703b67818a8f11 /doc | |
| parent | a1f7f1870931fe978069482ec0f7dc7d59456966 (diff) | |
| parent | 0cd9273fd959c6742574259d026039f7da0309a2 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-7f11ef26085549664a911fe00807a199bbd1f041.tar.xz | |
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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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 04fb0f333b..4ecca7897c 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -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. + Credits ======= |