Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:42:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Liu Kang <lazykang@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: gnu/44146: patch for GNU tar which may solve PR bin/43575 Message-ID: <200210161842.g9GIgJXf043569@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 44146
>Category: gnu
>Synopsis: patch for GNU tar which may solve PR bin/43575
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 16 11:50:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Liu Kang
>Release: 4.7 & 5
>Organization:
Beijing Polytechnic University
>Environment:
FreeBSD cnproxy.bjpu.edu.cn 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #14: Wed Oct 16 01:33:18 CST 2002 lazy@cnproxy.bjpu.edu.cn:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CNPROXY i386
>Description:
redhat released a patch for gnu tar, which could fix the problem described in PR bin/43575,CAN-2001-1267 & CAN-2002-0399 . I've analysed the code and tested the patch in my computer, it might be the best way to solve the problem.
>How-To-Repeat:
use the script in PR bin/43575
>Fix:
Here is redhat's patch:
--- tar-1.13.25/src/misc.c.orig Mon Aug 27 00:14:26 2001
+++ tar-1.13.25/src/misc.c Mon May 27 11:29:31 2002
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@
return 0;
}
while (! ISSLASH (*p));
+
+ do
+ {
+ if (! *p++)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ while ( ISSLASH (*p));
}
}
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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