Bug 83056 - textutils /bin/cut input validation error
Summary: textutils /bin/cut input validation error
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: textutils
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-01-29 21:28 UTC by Wojtek Sobola
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-12-10 13:08:39 UTC
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Description Wojtek Sobola 2003-01-29 21:28:19 UTC
Description of problem:
/bin/cut has following input validation problem:

22:16:34 [wojtek ~]$ gdb /bin/cut
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...
(gdb) run -b -9999999999999999
Starting program: /bin/cut -b -9999999999999999
/bin/cut: memory exhausted
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Program exited with code 01.
(gdb) run -b -9999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Starting program: /bin/cut -b -9999999999999999999999999999999999999999
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x08048fbf in set_fields ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08048fbf in set_fields ()
#1  0x0804995c in main ()
#2  0x420158d4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
(gdb)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
textutils-2.0.21-5

How reproducible:
/bin/cut -b -99999999999999999999999999999999

Steps to Reproduce:
1. above
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Actual results:
SIGSEGV or Mem Exhausted

Expected results:


Additional info:
Can lead to overwrite mem of other processes (not checked).

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2003-01-29 23:37:35 UTC
> Can lead to overwrite mem of other processes (not checked).

Linux uses memory protection to prevent one process from accidentally
overwriting the memory of another.

But I agree that it's bad behaviour for cut.


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