Scrollback buffer saved to /tmp
Bug #949022 reported by
Robie Basak
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #778872: vte use causes /tmp file writing during text scrolling.
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vte3 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
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The scrollback buffer from terminal emulators ends up in /tmp. This is a problem for data displayed in terminals which the user expects never to end up on disk, such as a command line password manager or gpg output.
Further, Ubuntu users using an encrypted home directory with ecryptfs expect data displayed in a terminal to not end up in unencrypted /tmp.
I understand that whether this is really a security vulnerability or acceptable behaviour is debatable.
Workaround: use LUKS for full disk encryption.
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