Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:16:15 +0100 (BST) From: mark.blackman@dircon.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/21064: /bin/sh core dumps on some 8 bit chars in words or here-docs Message-ID: <20000905161615.51FD61B21A@diablo.dircon.net>
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>Number: 21064
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: /bin/sh core dumps on some 8 bit chars in words or here-docs
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 05 09:20:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Mark Blackman
>Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Direct Connection
>Environment:
4-STABLE
>Description:
/bin/sh in 4-STABLE *will* coredump if it gets certain 8 bit chars
in either shell words or in here-documents. The main offender is
0x82/\0202/130.
>How-To-Repeat:
printf "echo \202" > tmpfile
sh tmpfile
>Fix:
only fix is currently in 5-CURRENT. not merged to 4-STABLE yet.
That fix is regarded as sub-optimal according to correspondence
in the freebsd-current mailing lists (see freebsd-current July 28,2000)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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