> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 06:58:15PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > If you edit a foo.gz file from a directory which is not writable by you, Vim
> > tries to use /var/tmp/foo.gz.swp as the swap file,
>
> Vim prefers to use ~/tmp/foo.gz.swp, but it won't create ~/tmp for you.
This reminds me that
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 06:58:15PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> If you edit a foo.gz file from a directory which is not writable by you, Vim
> tries to use /var/tmp/foo.gz.swp as the swap file,
Vim prefers to use ~/tmp/foo.gz.swp, but it won't create ~/tmp for you.
As for why this is happening
Package: vim
Version: 2:9.0.1000-3
Tags: security
If you edit a foo.gz file from a directory which is not writable by you,
Vim tries to use /var/tmp/foo.gz.swp as the swap file, even when this
file already exist and is owned by somebody else. This can be exploited
for denial of service, maybe
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