Bug#528675: libnet-arp-perl: Buffer overflow in get_mac_linux()

Hi, Could you check with the enclosed patch that it works fine. Thanks, -- Franck Joncourt http://debian.org - http://smhteam.info/wiki/ Author: Franck Joncourt franck.m...@dthconnex.com Bugs: 528675 Description: fix buffer overflows due to an unsafe use of strcpy. + Define a constant,

Bug#528675: libnet-arp-perl: Buffer overflow in get_mac_linux()

Hi Franck: Thanks for the patch. It looks good. However, I'm wondering why you chose to use strncpy instead of strlcpy? If it's a portability issue, then perhaps it would be possible to detect if strlcpy is available on the system and fall back on strncpy otherwise? It's probably not a big deal,

Bug#528675: libnet-arp-perl: Buffer overflow in get_mac_linux()

Package: libnet-arp-perl Version: 1.0.3-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, libnet-arp-perl fails to build in Ubuntu karmic because of a buffer overflow in get_mac_linux(): t/get_mac*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated === Backtrace: =

Bug#528675: libnet-arp-perl: Buffer overflow in get_mac_linux()

Michael Bienia wrote: Hello, Hi, libnet-arp-perl fails to build in Ubuntu karmic because of a buffer overflow in get_mac_linux(): t/get_mac*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated === Backtrace: = /lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x4b)[0x4014c97b]