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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-08-16 22:33:39 -0400
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-08-17 00:40:39 -0400
commit53dcbbec07cb06147e86a8a186e47cf6155ce7dc (patch)
tree3568c8ded1cb99576866f7b82e807d951271bb50 /gnu
parent231313f76a2ee64a90381c37a9080ecafadb9865 (diff)
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gnu: cracklib: Fix CVE-2016-6318.
* gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/password-utils.scm (cracklib)[source]: Use the patch.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/password-utils.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch95
3 files changed, 98 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 7416850003..d89004611b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/cpio-gets-undeclared.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2016-2037.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/crda-optional-gcrypt.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/crossmap-allow-system-pysam.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/csound-header-ordering.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm b/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
index 7a8bdcb5f3..7288da6613 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
#:use-module (guix download)
#:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages)
#:use-module (gnu packages admin)
#:use-module (gnu packages base)
#:use-module (gnu packages compression)
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ and vice versa.")
(uri (string-append "https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/"
"releases/download/" name "-" version "/"
name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (patches (search-patches "cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch"))
(sha256
(base32
"0hrkb0prf7n92w6rxgq0ilzkk6rkhpys2cfqkrbzswp27na7dkqp"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4806ecaae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+Fix CVE-2016-6318.
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6318
+
+Patch copied from Red Hat:
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6318
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1188599&action=diff
+
+It is not safe to pass words longer than STRINGSIZE further to cracklib
+so the longbuffer cannot be longer than STRINGSIZE.
+diff -up cracklib-2.9.0/lib/fascist.c.longgecos cracklib-2.9.0/lib/fascist.c
+--- cracklib-2.9.0/lib/fascist.c.longgecos 2014-02-06 16:03:59.000000000 +0100
++++ cracklib-2.9.0/lib/fascist.c 2016-08-08 12:05:40.279235815 +0200
+@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ FascistGecosUser(char *password, const c
+ char gbuffer[STRINGSIZE];
+ char tbuffer[STRINGSIZE];
+ char *uwords[STRINGSIZE];
+- char longbuffer[STRINGSIZE * 2];
++ char longbuffer[STRINGSIZE];
+
+ if (gecos == NULL)
+ gecos = "";
+@@ -596,38 +596,47 @@ FascistGecosUser(char *password, const c
+ {
+ for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+ {
+- strcpy(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
+- strcat(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
+-
+- if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ if (strlen(uwords[i]) + strlen(uwords[j]) < STRINGSIZE)
+ {
+- return _("it is derived from your password entry");
+- }
+-
+- strcpy(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
+- strcat(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
++ strcpy(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
++ strcat(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
+
+- if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
+- {
+- return _("it's derived from your password entry");
++ if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ {
++ return _("it is derived from your password entry");
++ }
++
++ strcpy(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
++ strcat(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
++
++ if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ {
++ return _("it's derived from your password entry");
++ }
+ }
+
+- longbuffer[0] = uwords[i][0];
+- longbuffer[1] = '\0';
+- strcat(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
+-
+- if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ if (strlen(uwords[j]) < STRINGSIZE - 1)
+ {
+- return _("it is derivable from your password entry");
++ longbuffer[0] = uwords[i][0];
++ longbuffer[1] = '\0';
++ strcat(longbuffer, uwords[j]);
++
++ if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ {
++ return _("it is derivable from your password entry");
++ }
+ }
+
+- longbuffer[0] = uwords[j][0];
+- longbuffer[1] = '\0';
+- strcat(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
+-
+- if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ if (strlen(uwords[i]) < STRINGSIZE - 1)
+ {
+- return _("it's derivable from your password entry");
++ longbuffer[0] = uwords[j][0];
++ longbuffer[1] = '\0';
++ strcat(longbuffer, uwords[i]);
++
++ if (GTry(longbuffer, password))
++ {
++ return _("it's derivable from your password entry");
++ }
+ }
+ }
+ }