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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:28:34 GMT
From:      Lev Levinson <llevinson@mail.ru>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/118001: sysinstall can't read some packages from INDEX. (buffer overflow).
Message-ID:  <200711121328.lACDSYDE063306@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200711121330.lACDU0h3099836@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         118001
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinstall can't read some packages from INDEX. (buffer overflow).
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 12 13:30:00 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lev Levinson
>Release:        FreeBSD-7.0-BETA1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD porky.dep24 7.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 #0: Wed Nov  7 13:45:40 MSK 2007     root@porky.dep24:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC_NODEBUG  i386
>Description:
Sysinstall reads not-used fields of INDEX-file (especially "build dependencies") into buffer:

char junk[2048]    (see: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c:294,310)

But to-day big packages (like kde) has more then 2048 chars in that field.
As a result, buffer junk[] overflows and garbage appears in Packages menu of sysinstall.
>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/ports
make fetchindex
mkdir -p /tmp/tttt/packages 
egrep "^kde" INDEX-7 > /tmp/tttt/packages/INDEX
sysinstall

In it menu select:
  Configure --> Packages --> File System --> enter path: "/tmp/tttt"
  look at garbage in menu "Package Selection".
>Fix:
Increase size of buffer junk[] at src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c:294 from 2048 to 4096 (or 8192).

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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