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bug #43863: socket.c buffer overrun

Submitter:  Joshua Rogers <megamansec3>
Submitted:  Sun 21 Dec 2014 10:20:35 PM UTC
Votes: 5
 
Category:  Crash/Freeze/Infloop Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  * 5 - Normal Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  anaumov
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  4.2.1
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
Work Required:  None
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Sun 21 Dec 2014 10:20:35 PM UTC, original submission:  

Hi,

In socket.c on line 204, a buffer overrun may occur of 3 bytes due to incorrect calculation.


204            cmatch = (*(n + matchlen) == 0);

As it does not account for the matchlen

n = 3
matchlen = 255


Thanks,

Joshua Rogers <megamansec3>

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

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