Re: [PAM] patch for pam_time "Or" logic flaw, debian bug #326407.

[Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 29, Andreas Henriksson wrote:

> tags 326407 + patch
> stop
> 
> With a /etc/security/time.conf spec like this and the pam_time module in use:
> *;*;x|y;!Al0000-2400

Your patch is wrong, because use "xy" would now match "x|y", too.

This patch should work:

--- modules/pam_time/pam_time.c	7 Dec 2007 15:40:02 -0000	1.16
+++ modules/pam_time/pam_time.c	24 Nov 2008 16:03:06 -0000
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@
 {
      int i;
      const char *a;
+     int length = len;
 
      a = A;
      for (i=0; len > 0; ++i, --len) {
@@ -359,7 +360,8 @@
      /* Ok, we know that b is a substring from A and does not contain
         wildcards, but now the length of both strings must be the same,
         too. */
-     if (strlen (a) != strlen(b))
+     /* b can contain "|", only use length until first "|" */
+     if (strlen (a) != (size_t)length)
           return FALSE;
 
      return ( !len );


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Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES
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