Package: pastebinit
Version: 1.7.1-1
Severity: minor
I happened to do pastebinit in a minimal container and was surprised it tried
to len(None).
Here is a minimal recipe:
bash5$ mmdebstrap forky /dev/null --quiet --include=pastebinit \
--customize-hook='echo hello | chroot $1 env -i PATH=/bin
pastebinit'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/pastebinit", line 442, in <module>
if len(user) > user_length:
~~~^^^^^^
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
This is happening here:
'user' : os.environ.get('USER', os.environ.get('LOGNAME')),
Is it reasonable to do an NSS lookup as well, or instead?
'user' : os.environ.get('USER', os.environ.get('LOGNAME',
pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid()).pw_name)),
bash5$ mmdebstrap forky /dev/null http://localhost:3142/debian --quiet
--include=pastebinit --customize-hook='echo hello | chroot $1 env -i PATH=/bin
python3 -c "import os, pwd; print(pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid()).pw_name)"'
root
>>> import os, pwd
>>> for k in os.environ: del os.environ[k]
...
>>> os.environ.get('USER', os.environ.get('LOGNAME',
pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid()).pw_name))
'twb'
If you strongly dislike this idea, just close this ticket.
I use pastebinit all the time, and this is the first time I've run into this,
and
I can always use "-a Outis" as a workaround.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages pastebinit depends on:
ii python3 3.13.5-1
ii python3-distro 1.9.0-1
pastebinit recommends no packages.
pastebinit suggests no packages.
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