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[PATCH] gnu: glibc: Fix CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15671.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28933: closed ([PATCH] gnu: glibc: Fix CVE-2017-15670,
 CVE-2017-15671.)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:16:02 +0000

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: glibc: Fix CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15671.
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:17:32 +0200

* gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc/linux)[replacement]: New field.
(glibc/fixed): New variable.
---
 gnu/local.mk                                       |  1 +
 gnu/packages/base.scm                              | 10 ++++++++
 .../patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch       | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index a4e3426f5..6b70300ff 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-locales.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index bc745351a..9c2ca149a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ store.")
   (package
    (name "glibc")
    (version "2.25")
+   (replacement glibc/fixed)
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-"
@@ -786,6 +787,15 @@ GLIBC/HURD for a Hurd host"
 (define-syntax glibc
   (identifier-syntax (glibc-for-target)))
 
+(define glibc/fixed
+  (package
+    (inherit glibc)
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source glibc))
+              (patches (append
+                        (origin-patches (package-source glibc))
+                        (search-patches "glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch")))))))
+
 ;; Below are old libc versions, which we use mostly to build locale data in
 ;; the old format (which the new libc cannot cope with.)
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76d688c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Fix CVE-2017-15670:
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15670
+https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504804
+
+And CVE-2017-15671:
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15671
+https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15671
+
+Copied from upstream:
+<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=2d1bd71ec70a31b01d01b734faa66bb1ed28961f>
+
+diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c
+--- a/posix/glob.c
++++ b/posix/glob.c
+@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
+ 		  *p = '\0';
+ 		}
+ 	      else
+-		*((char *) mempcpy (newp, dirname + 1, end_name - dirname))
++		*((char *) mempcpy (newp, dirname + 1, end_name - dirname - 1))
+ 		  = '\0';
+ 	      user_name = newp;
+ 	    }
-- 
2.14.2

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: "Mark H. Weaver" <mhw <at> netris.org>, 28933-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#28933] [PATCH] gnu: glibc: Fix CVE-2017-15670,
 CVE-2017-15671.
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:15:29 +0200

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Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> writes:

> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:17:32PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
>>> * gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch: New file.
>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.
>>> * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc/linux)[replacement]: New field.
>>> (glibc/fixed): New variable.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Do you think we need to do anything special with the glibc packages
>> besides glibc/linux, such as glibc/hurd, glibc-2.24, etc?
>
> It probably should be picked to the earlier glibcs as well, IIRC the
> affected code was from 1997.  I'll try this and amend the patch.

Pushed to master as 60e29339d8389e678bb9ca4bd3420ee9ee88bdf2.

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