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Re: 4-byte script triggers null ptr deref and segfault

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On 17/09/15 18:20, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:50:44AM -0500, Brian Carpenter wrote:
>> While fuzzing GNU bash version 4.3.42(1)-release
>> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) with AFL(http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl), I
>> stumbled upon a 4-byte 'script' that triggers a null ptr deref and causes a
>> segfault.
>>
>> https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?108885
> 
> Well, that's an annoying web-to-mail interface.  It didn't include the
> full bug report?
> 
> The web page says the hexdump of the attached script is 3b21 2620
> which I would normally interpret as `;!& '.
> 
> But the attached script itself is actually `!; &'.  Apparently the
> hex dump tool in question is doing some sort of 16-bit grouping with
> little endian byte swapping.
> 
> After getting the correct content into the script, I can reproduce
> this on HP-UX in 4.3.39:
> 
> imadev:~$ printf '!; &' > x
> imadev:~$ bash x
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

FWIW _not_ reproduced with bash-4.3.39-1.fc22.x86_64

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Re: 4-byte script triggers null ptr deref and segfault Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> - 2015-09-17 19:01 +0100

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