Bug 1738 – host dumps core on `host -l -t any mvhi.com ns.uu.net'

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Bug 1738 - host dumps core on `host -l -t any mvhi.com ns.uu.net'

Summary:	host dumps core on `host -l -t any mvhi.com ns.uu.net'

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	bind (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	1999-03-24 10:18 EST by David Woodhouse
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:09 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	1999-03-31 10:52:53 EST
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Description David Woodhouse 1999-03-24 10:18:21 EST

devel2 /homes/dwmw2 $ host -l -t any mvhi.com ns.uu.net
Using domain server:
Name: ns.uu.net
Address: 137.39.1.3
Aliases:

Server failed: Premature end of data
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

If you can't reproduce it, let me know and I'll install the
sources and trace it further.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-03-24 11:58:59 EST

quick fix is the following patch:
--- bind-8.2/src/bin/host/host.c.error	Wed Mar 24 11:43:19 1999
+++ bind-8.2/src/bin/host/host.c	Wed Mar 24 11:56:19 1999
@@ -1310,6 +1314,7 @@

 		amtToRead = len;
 		cp = buf.qb2;
+	        if (amtToRead > NS_PACKETSZ) amtToRead=NS_PACKETSZ;
 		while (amtToRead > 0 &&
 		       (numRead = read(sockFD, cp, amtToRead)) > 0) {
 			cp += numRead;

Comment 2 Preston Brown 1999-03-30 16:55:59 EST

Bill, did you apply the quick and dirty fix?

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-03-31 10:52:59 EST

fixed in bind-8.2-6

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