andrew@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew Macpherson) (10/30/89)
Description:
If the value returned by "" does not match your passwd entry,
(it has been truncated for instance), one will de-reference a
null pointer in "username". This results in a segmentation
violation on a SUN
Repeat-By:
Arrange to log in as "postmaster", attempt to send mail
Fix:
Apply this patch.
Index: conf.c
Prereq: 5.17
*** conf.oc Sun Oct 29 22:18:28 1989
--- conf.c Sun Oct 29 22:23:32 1989
***************
*** 229,236 ****
else
{
! pw = getpwnam(myname);
! if(getuid() != pw->pw_uid)
{
pw = getpwuid(getuid());
if (pw != NULL)
--- 229,236 ----
else
{
! if((pw = getpwnam(myname)) == NULL
! || (getuid() != pw->pw_uid))
{
pw = getpwuid(getuid());
if (pw != NULL)andrew@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew Macpherson) (10/30/89)
Description:
If the value returned by "getlogin" does not match your passwd
entry, (it has been truncated for instance), one will
de-reference a null pointer in "username". This results in a
segmentation violation on a SUN
Repeat-By:
Arrange to log in as "postmaster", attempt to send mail
Fix:
Apply this patch.
Index: conf.c
Prereq: 5.17
*** conf.oc Sun Oct 29 22:18:28 1989
--- conf.c Sun Oct 29 22:23:32 1989
***************
*** 229,236 ****
else
{
! pw = getpwnam(myname);
! if(getuid() != pw->pw_uid)
{
pw = getpwuid(getuid());
if (pw != NULL)
--- 229,236 ----
else
{
! if((pw = getpwnam(myname)) == NULL
! || (getuid() != pw->pw_uid))
{
pw = getpwuid(getuid());
if (pw != NULL)