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Id: 93152
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Requestors: rdiffenderfer [...] proofpoint.com
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  Tue Feb 18 20:08:30 2014 rdiffenderfer [...] proofpoint.com - Ticket created
Subject: CRITICAL data loss possible in crypt_file command
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:08:17 +0000
To: "bug-Filter-Crypto [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Filter-Crypto [...] rt.cpan.org>
From: Randall Diffenderfer <rdiffenderfer [...] proofpoint.com>
source — current release, perl 5.8.8, linux 2.6.18 x86_64 it is possible to clobber your source files in two scenarios, both involving "--edit-mode tempfile" given: unencrypted-source-file.pm crypt_file –c decrypted –e tempfile unencrypted-source-file.pm the rename() (that should not be done, as file was unencrypted to begin with) in line 328 of crypt_file clobbers the input file with the empty tempfile — you lose your input file! given: encrypted-source-file.pm crypt_file –c encrypted –e tempfile encrypted-source-file.pm the rename() (that should not be done, as file was encrypted to begin with) in line 328 of crypt_file clobbers the input file with the empty tempfile — you lose your input file!
  Wed Feb 19 13:01:45 2014 shay [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Thank you very much for this bug report. The problem is now fixed in version 2.04, which is on CPAN now.
  Wed Feb 19 13:01:46 2014 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Wed Feb 19 13:01:46 2014 shay [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'