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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:06:36 +0200 (EET)
From:      Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        snar@paranoia.ru
Subject:   ports/59510: security/libparanoia port kill() fix
Message-ID:  <200311201506.hAKF6aoW021885@burka.carrier.kiev.ua>
Resent-Message-ID: <200311201510.hAKFA1g7071528@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         59510
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       security/libparanoia port kill() fix
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 20 07:10:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Valentin Nechayev
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 i386
>Organization:
Lucky Net Ltd.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD burka.carrier.kiev.ua 4.8-RELEASE-p13 FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 #2: Sun Oct 5 10:38:37 EEST 2003 root@burka.carrier.kiev.ua:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/burka i386

>Description:

libparanoia (ports/security/libparanoia) should abort program in case
of stack frame bounds violation.
In kill() in stentry.c, argument order is incorrect.
As result, self-aborting isn't working.

>How-To-Repeat:

Read kill(2) man and see code.

>Fix:

Add patch:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
--- stentry.c.orig	Thu Nov 20 16:59:32 2003
+++ stentry.c	Thu Nov 20 17:00:31 2003
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	openlog(__progname,LOG_NDELAY|LOG_PERROR|LOG_PID|LOG_CONS,LOG_USER);\
         syslog(LOG_ERR,"Stack violation - exiting");\
         closelog();\
-        kill(SIGSEGV,getpid());\
+        kill(getpid(),SIGSEGV);\
         exit(1) ;\
 
 #ifdef PARANOIDAL_ROOT



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