Bug 1056548

Summary:	Get rid of calls to gethostbyname()
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Tomas Heinrich <theinric>
Component:	rsyslog	Assignee:	Jiří Vymazal <jvymazal>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Stefan Dordevic <sdordevi>
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Priority:	low
Version:	7.0	CC:	dapospis, dkopecek, jvymazal, mgrepl, pvrabec, rsawhill, rsroka, sdordevi
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Last Closed:	2017-08-01 09:53:51 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Tomas Heinrich 2014-01-22 12:48:43 UTC

Description of problem:
Calls to gethostbyname() should be substituted using getaddrinfo() et al.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsyslog-7.4.7-3.el7

Steps to Reproduce:
Actual results:
$ grep --include "*.[ch]" -ri 'gethostby' rsyslog/
...
./tools/syslogd.c:    hent = gethostbyname((char*)LocalHostName);

Expected results:
The gethostbyname() function is not used.

Additional info:
The relevant part of the code is also of concern to bug #767527.
Relevant upstream commit:
http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a=commitdiff;h=209a6d8e

Comment 10 Jiří Vymazal 2017-04-10 08:12:59 UTC

Ok, checked again, this will need a patch

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 09:53:51 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2306