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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-03-07 09:50:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-09-26 16:12:47 +0200 |
| commit | 0cd9273fd959c6742574259d026039f7da0309a2 (patch) | |
| tree | 575776245a1af0acffb9f22a987ef7bbf1d86eba /doc | |
| parent | 94c9015bca861085f76ca3c045e17d0591aa6c8b (diff) | |
rpc: Prevent `dumpwallet` from overwriting files
Prevent arbitrary files from being overwritten. 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -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 ======= |