[tor-bugs] #6568 [Vidalia]: Vidalia specifies absolute path in ControlPortWriteToFile option

Mon Aug 6 20:22:45 UTC 2012

#6568: Vidalia specifies absolute path in ControlPortWriteToFile option
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 Reporter:  rransom  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:        
 Keywords:           |         Parent:        
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:        
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 [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-August/025065.html A
 TBB user reports] that when TBB-Tor saves its torrc, it includes an
 absolute path in the value of the ControlPortWriteToFile option.  This may
 disclose a filesystem location from which a particular copy of TBB has
 been run.

 I have tested Tor to determine whether it expands relative paths; it does
 not, so TBB-Vidalia must be specifying an absolute path.

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