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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2012 14:26:57 +0100
From:      "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r241137 - head/lib/libc/stdlib
Message-ID:  <FA478B4F-9FE3-4928-A3C8-BC14417C5603@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201210021744.q92Hi8dt077996@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201210021744.q92Hi8dt077996@svn.freebsd.org>

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On 2 Oct 2012, at 18:44, Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Author: ache
> Date: Tue Oct  2 17:44:08 2012
> New Revision: 241137
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241137
>=20
> Log:
>  Using putenv() and later direct pointer contents modification it is =
possibe
>  to craft environment variables with similar names like that:
>  a=3D1
>  a=3D2
>  ...
>  unsetenv("a") should remove them all to make later getenv("a") =
impossible.
>  Fix it to do so (this is GNU autoconf test #3 failure too).
>=20
>  PR:             172273
>  MFC after:      1 week
>=20
> Modified:
>  head/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.c

Reviewed by ?

This needs to be reviewed by someone with clue about the pittfals if =
environment manipulation before any MFC.

PS. env functions are mentioned in MAINTAINERS.

--=20
Simon L. B. Nielsen
FreeBSD Security Officer




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