From d9721bcf27a049a87ee54701b8cb8e38dffd1a44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:13:48 -0500 Subject: gnu: readline-6.2: Fix CVE-2014-2524. * gnu/packages/patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/readline.scm (readline-6.2): Use it. --- .../patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++ gnu/packages/readline.scm | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch (limited to 'gnu/packages') diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..12db684d87 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Fix CVE-2014-2524: + +https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2524 +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html + +Patch copied from: +https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-003 + + READLINE PATCH REPORT + ===================== + +Readline-Release: 6.3 +Patch-ID: readline63-003 + +Bug-Reported-by: +Bug-Reference-ID: +Bug-Reference-URL: + +Bug-Description: + +There are debugging functions in the readline release that are theoretically +exploitable as security problems. They are not public functions, but have +global linkage. + +Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): + +*** ../readline-6.3/util.c 2013-09-02 13:36:12.000000000 -0400 +--- util.c 2014-03-20 10:25:53.000000000 -0400 +*************** +*** 477,480 **** +--- 479,483 ---- + } + ++ #if defined (DEBUG) + #if defined (USE_VARARGS) + static FILE *_rl_tracefp; +*************** +*** 539,542 **** +--- 542,546 ---- + } + #endif ++ #endif /* DEBUG */ diff --git a/gnu/packages/readline.scm b/gnu/packages/readline.scm index 6435e98234..43817791b5 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/readline.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/readline.scm @@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ comfortable for anyone.") (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/readline/readline-" version ".tar.gz")) + (patches (search-patches "readline-6.2-CVE-2014-2524.patch")) + (patch-flags '("-p0")) (sha256 (base32 "10ckm2bd2rkxhvdmj7nmbsylmihw0abwcsnxf8y27305183rd9kr")))))) -- cgit v1.2.3