Re: [PATCH 1/1] gnu: tcsh: Fix out of bounds read.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 01:22:18AM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch: New file.
>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
>> * gnu/packages/shells.scm (tcsh)[source]: Use it.
>> ---
>>  gnu/local.mk                                       |  1 +
>>  .../patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch      | 31 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  gnu/packages/shells.scm                            |  3 ++-
>>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
>> 
>> diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
>> index bc9b06da6..552272bbd 100644
>> --- a/gnu/local.mk
>> +++ b/gnu/local.mk
>> @@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =                                        
>>         \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/tclxml-3.2-install.patch                     \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch             \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-autotest.patch                      \
>> +  %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch    \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/teensy-loader-cli-help.patch         \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/texi2html-document-encoding.patch    \
>>    %D%/packages/patches/texi2html-i18n.patch                 \
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch 
>> b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000..48c294f78
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
>> +Fix out-of-bounds read in c_substitute():
>> +
>> +http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/612
>> +
>> +Patch copied from upstream source repository:
>> +
>> +https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh/commit/6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596
>> +
>> +From 6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +From: christos <christos>
>> +Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:59:28 +0000
>> +Subject: [PATCH] Fix out of bounds read (Brooks Davis) (reproduce by 
>> starting
>> + tcsh and hitting tab at the prompt)
>> +
>> +---
>> + ed.chared.c | 2 +-
>> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/ed.chared.c b/ed.chared.c
>> +index 1277e53..310393e 100644
>> +--- ed.chared.c
>> ++++ ed.chared.c
>> +@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ c_substitute(void)
>> +     /*
>> +      * If we found a history character, go expand it.
>> +      */
>> +-    if (HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
>> ++    if (p >= InputBuf && HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
>> +    nr_exp = c_excl(p);
>> +     else
>> +         nr_exp = 0;
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/shells.scm b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
>> index f3350ef50..8596efc87 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/shells.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
>> @@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ has a small feature set similar to a traditional Bourne 
>> shell.")
>>                 (base32
>>                  "1a4z9kwgx1iqqzvv64si34m60gj34p7lp6rrcrb59s7ka5wa476q"))
>>                (patches (search-patches "tcsh-fix-autotest.patch"
>> -                                       "tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch"))
>> +                                       "tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch"
>> +                                       "tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch"))
>>                (patch-flags '("-p0"))))
>>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>      (inputs
>> -- 
>> 2.11.0
>> 
>> 
>
> Still no CVE assigned to it?
>
> Building the following 429 packages would ensure 829 dependent packages are 
> rebuilt
> Looks like it'll need to be grafted in addition.

That could go to the next ‘staging’ branch or ‘core-updates’, which
might be merged first.  (How come this many packages depend on tcsh?)

Ludo’.