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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2ef2239a7f --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch @@ -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); + } + } |