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Date:      Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      marka@isc.org
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/14041: "host" blows up with incomplete arguments 
Message-ID:  <199910011410.HAA68110@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/14041; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: marka@isc.org
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@ieng.com>,
	FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, bind-bugs@isc.org
Subject: Re: bin/14041: "host" blows up with incomplete arguments 
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 23:59:20 +1000

 	This was fixed in BIND 8.2.
 
 	Mark
 
 > 
 > --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5
 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 > 
 > On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 08:19:58PM -0400, Paul Southworth wrote:
 > > 
 > > >Number:         14041
 > > >Category:       bin
 > > >Synopsis:       "host" blows up with incomplete arguments
 > > >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:   Wed Sep 29 17:30:01 PDT 1999
 > > >Closed-Date:
 > > >Last-Modified:
 > > >Originator:     Paul Southworth
 > > >Release:        FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386
 > > >Organization:
 > > Internet Engineering Group
 > > >Environment:
 > > 
 > > 	FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE, nothing unusual
 > > 
 > > >Description:
 > > 
 > > 	If you give the "host" command some flags but nothing
 > > 	to query, it dies and dumps core.
 > > 
 > > >How-To-Repeat:
 > > 
 > > pauls@deadbeef(11)% host -t any highwing.cdrom.com
 > > highwing.cdrom.com has address 204.216.28.168
 > > highwing.cdrom.com mail is handled (pri=10) by pike.cdrom.com
 > > highwing.cdrom.com mail is handled (pri=5) by zippy.cdrom.com
 > > pauls@deadbeef(12)% host -t any
 > > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 > > 
 > The attached patch fixes the problem.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA of the
 > ru@ucb.crimea.ua	United Commercial Bank,
 > ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer,
 > +380.652.247.647	Simferopol, Ukraine
 > 
 > http://www.FreeBSD.org	The Power To Serve
 > http://www.oracle.com	Enabling The Information Age
 > 
 > --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5
 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="host.c.patch"
 > 
 > Index: host.c
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /usr/FreeBSD-CVS/src/contrib/bind/bin/host/host.c,v
 > retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
 > diff -u -r1.1.1.1 host.c
 > --- host.c	1998/05/03 04:09:49	1.1.1.1
 > +++ host.c	1999/10/01 12:32:39
 > @@ -175,10 +175,6 @@
 >  	res_init();
 >  	_res.retrans = 5;
 >  
 > -	if (c < 2) {
 > -		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: host [-w] [-v] [-r] [-d] [-t querytype]
 >  [-c class] [-a] host [server]\n  -w to wait forever until reply\n  -v for ve
 > rbose output\n  -r to disable recursive processing\n  -d to turn on debugging
 >  output\n  -t querytype to look for a specific type of information\n  -c clas
 > s to look for non-Internet data\n  -a is equivalent to '-v -t *'\n");
 > -		exit(1);
 > -	}
 >  	while (c > 2 && v[1][0] == '-') {
 >  		if (strcmp (v[1], "-w") == 0) {
 >  			_res.retry = 1;
 > @@ -228,6 +224,10 @@
 >  			c--;
 >  		}		
 >          }
 > +	if (c < 2) {
 > +		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: host [-w] [-v] [-r] [-d] [-t querytype]
 >  [-c class] [-a] host [server]\n  -w to wait forever until reply\n  -v for ve
 > rbose output\n  -r to disable recursive processing\n  -d to turn on debugging
 >  output\n  -t querytype to look for a specific type of information\n  -c clas
 > s to look for non-Internet data\n  -a is equivalent to '-v -t *'\n");
 > +		exit(1);
 > +	}
 >  	if (c > 2) {
 >  		s = v[2];
 >  		server_specified++;
 > 
 > --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
 --
 Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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