Bug#473718: marked as done (ngetty: expand args bug)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #473718,
regarding ngetty: expand args bug
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: ngetty
Version: 0.3-2
I found a bug in ngetty. Line 200 of ngetty.c is:
if ('0'<=*s && *s<='9') {
One can start then '/sbin/ngetty 0 3 4' and the daemon will
expand '0' to /dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0. Don't start ngetty
with bad args, or better use full path like
ngetty /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/vc/3 /dev/...
If you find this bug is a security hole apply the patch
- if ('0'<=*s && *s<='9') {
+ if ('0'<*s && *s<'10') {
I don't make any changes. One good sysadmins should start
ngetty with right arguments! In the next version I'll write
some word obout this in manual page. That's enough!
Nikola
Is it possible to start:
/sbin/mingetty /dev/tty0
/sbin/fgetty 0
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Version: 1.1-13+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package ngetty has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1116412
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