libs/ftplib/patches/002-check_getserv_by_name.patch

   1 Description: Verify value returned by getservbyname
   2  getservbyname() can return a NULL pointer and dereferencing it
   3  would lead to a segfault.
   4  .
   5  The patch is not forwarded upstream but there's no real maintainance
   6  upstream any more.
   7 Origin: vendor, see changelog entry 3.1-1-2
   8 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
   9 Last-Update: 2009-10-29
  10 Forwarded: no
  11
  12 diff --git a/linux/ftplib.c b/linux/ftplib.c
  13 index 9089a5b..c4a5873 100644
  14 --- a/src/ftplib.c
  15 +++ b/src/ftplib.c
  16 @@ -416,7 +416,11 @@ GLOBALDEF int FtpConnect(const char *host, netbuf **nControl)
  17             sin.sin_port = htons(atoi(pnum));
  18         else
  19         {
  20 -           pse = getservbyname(pnum,"tcp");
  21 +           if ((pse = getservbyname(pnum,"tcp")) == NULL)
  22 +            {
  23 +                perror("getservbyname");
  24 +                return 0;
  25 +            }
  26             sin.sin_port = pse->s_port;
  27         }
  28      }