READLINE PATCH REPORT
=====================
Readline-Release: 6.3
Patch-ID: readline63-003
Bug-Reported-by:
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:
Bug-Description:
There are debugging functions in the readline release that are theoretically
exploitable as security problems. They are not public functions, but have
global linkage.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../readline-6.3/util.c 2013-09-02 13:36:12.000000000 -0400
--- util.c 2014-03-20 10:25:53.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 477,480 ****
--- 479,483 ----
}
+ #if defined (DEBUG)
#if defined (USE_VARARGS)
static FILE *_rl_tracefp;
***************
*** 539,542 ****
--- 542,546 ----
}
#endif
+ #endif /* DEBUG */
*** ../readline-6.3/patchlevel 2013-11-15 08:11:11.000000000 -0500
--- patchlevel 2014-03-21 08:28:40.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 1,3 ****
# Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
! 2
--- 1,3 ----
# Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
! 3
--
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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