Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:07:24 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/3141: passwd or passwd -y SEGV's Message-ID: <199703291507.QAA04606@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Resent-Message-ID: <199703291500.HAA29364@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3141
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: passwd or passwd -y SEGV's
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 29 07:00:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christoph Kukulies
>Organization:
I.Physikalisches Institut RWTH Aachen
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
2.2.1-RELEASE (reportedly) and 3.0-current
>Description:
passwd -y <user> on the NIS server crashes
>How-To-Repeat:
on a FreeBSD 2.2.1 or 3.0-current NIS server, with
linux clients (reportedly)
type
passwd <user> or passwd -y <user>
>Fix:
/usr/src/usr.sbin/passwd/yp_passwd: line 104
pw->pw_class is passed to strdup as a NULL pointer.
Check for 0 and pass an empty string "" in that case.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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