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Author Tom Hale
Recipients Tom Hale, serhiy.storchaka
Date 2019-05-04.05:45:38
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Yes, but by default (because of difficulty) people won't check for this case:

1. I delete existing symlink in order to recreate it
2. Attacker watching symlink finds it deleted and recreates it
3. I try to create symlink, and an unexpected exception is raised
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Date User Action Args
2019-05-04 05:45:38Tom Halesetrecipients: + Tom Hale, serhiy.storchaka
2019-05-04 05:45:38Tom Halesetmessageid: <1556948738.21.0.425089349934.issue36656@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2019-05-04 05:45:38Tom Halelinkissue36656 messages
2019-05-04 05:45:38Tom Halecreate