Bug#600481: vim removes contents of encrypted files without warning if gnupg key has expired
H. S.
hs.samix at gmail.com
Sun Oct 17 14:25:18 UTC 2010
Package: vim
Version: 2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss
Trying to open a gnupg encrypted text file in vim when the GnuPG key is expired results in
deletion of the contents of the file. Vim gives no warning that the contents will be lost, at
least I did not see any. This happened repeatedly until I renewd my gnupg key.
After the key renewal, editing of gnupg encrypted text files worked properly as before.
Good thing I have backups of my important files, else the loss of contents would have been a
serious problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (700, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.49-4 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgpm2 1.20.4-3.3 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii vim-common 2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii vim-runtime 2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1 Vi IMproved - Runtime files
vim recommends no packages.
Versions of packages vim suggests:
pn ctags <none> (no description available)
pn vim-doc <none> (no description available)
ii vim-scripts 20091011 plugins for vim, adding bells and
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