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authorEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2016-05-30 20:11:39 +0300
committerEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2016-05-30 20:14:06 +0300
commitc1dbd3a8709f143fa72b2f893a069ca5f1afe7ac (patch)
tree7e0bbffad2155d1a4d46d603b7ecc4442cd7040d /gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch
parent1f521b7055a464439774332f1a69ed31b565715f (diff)
downloadguix-c1dbd3a8709f143fa72b2f893a069ca5f1afe7ac.tar.gz
gnu: wordnet: Fix CVE-2008-2149, CVE-2008-3908.
* gnu/packages/wordnet.scm (wordnet)[source]: Add patches.
* gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-2149.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt1.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch: New variables.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add them.
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+This patch was created by oCert according to
+ http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
+Unfortunately the original patch contained a bug which was
+later fixed by the issuer of the patch Rob Holland <rob@ocert.org>
+This part was now separated in this file.
+
+--- a/lib/search.c
++++ b/lib/search.c
+@@ -1568,7 +1568,8 @@ char *findtheinfo(char *searchstr, int d
+ 			bufstart[0] = '\n';
+ 			bufstart++;
+ 		    }
+-		    strncpy(bufstart, tmpbuf, strlen(tmpbuf));
++                   /* Avoid writing a trailing \0 after the string */
++                   memcpy(bufstart, tmpbuf, strlen(tmpbuf));
+ 		    bufstart = searchbuffer + strlen(searchbuffer);
+ 		}
+ 	    }