Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:16:15 +0100 (BST) From: mark.blackman@dircon.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/21064: /bin/sh core dumps on some 8 bit chars in words or here-docs Message-ID: <20000905161615.51FD61B21A@diablo.dircon.net>
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>Number: 21064 >Category: bin >Synopsis: /bin/sh core dumps on some 8 bit chars in words or here-docs >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 05 09:20:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Blackman >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: Direct Connection >Environment: 4-STABLE >Description: /bin/sh in 4-STABLE *will* coredump if it gets certain 8 bit chars in either shell words or in here-documents. The main offender is 0x82/\0202/130. >How-To-Repeat: printf "echo \202" > tmpfile sh tmpfile >Fix: only fix is currently in 5-CURRENT. not merged to 4-STABLE yet. That fix is regarded as sub-optimal according to correspondence in the freebsd-current mailing lists (see freebsd-current July 28,2000) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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