BZ#17460: Fix buffer overrun in nscd --help.

(cherry picked from commit c763c5d27112be055920c46f3be8d05bc8b669da)

Conflicts:
	NEWS

4 files changed, 33 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81641a9eda..0f9a3e1507 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2014-10-08  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
+
+	[BZ #17460]
+	* nscd/nscd.c (more_help): Rewrite list of tables collection
+	using xstrdup and asprintf.
+
+	* nscd/nscd_conf.c: Remove local xstrdup declaration.
+
 2014-10-09  Allan McRae  <allan@archlinux.org>
 
 	* po/fr.po: Update French translation from translation project.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c555f7591c..a1d3053ef8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Version 2.20.1
 
 * The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
-  17266, 17370, 17371.
+  17266, 17370, 17371, 17460.
 
 Version 2.20
 
diff --git a/nscd/nscd.c b/nscd/nscd.c
index 7131ead8cb..b7704b37f8 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd.c
@@ -451,33 +451,36 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 static char *
 more_help (int key, const char *text, void *input)
 {
-  char *tables, *tp = NULL;
-
   switch (key)
     {
     case ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA:
       {
-	dbtype cnt;
+	/* We print some extra information.  */
 
-	tables = xmalloc (sizeof (dbnames) + 1);
-	for (cnt = 0; cnt < lastdb; cnt++)
+	char *tables = xstrdup (dbnames[0]);
+	for (dbtype i = 1; i < lastdb; ++i)
 	  {
-	    strcat (tables, dbnames[cnt]);
-	    strcat (tables, " ");
+	    char *more_tables;
+	    if (asprintf (&more_tables, "%s %s", tables, dbnames[i]) < 0)
+	      more_tables = NULL;
+	    free (tables);
+	    if (more_tables == NULL)
+	      return NULL;
+	    tables = more_tables;
 	  }
-      }
 
-      /* We print some extra information.  */
-      if (asprintf (&tp, gettext ("\
+	char *tp;
+	if (asprintf (&tp, gettext ("\
 Supported tables:\n\
 %s\n\
 \n\
 For bug reporting instructions, please see:\n\
 %s.\n\
 "), tables, REPORT_BUGS_TO) < 0)
-	tp = NULL;
-      free (tables);
-      return tp;
+	  tp = NULL;
+	free (tables);
+	return tp;
+      }
 
     default:
       break;
@@ -622,15 +625,15 @@ monitor_child (int fd)
 	}
 
       if (WIFEXITED (status))
-        {
-          child_ret = WEXITSTATUS (status);
-          fprintf (stderr, _("child exited with status %d\n"), child_ret);
-        }
+	{
+	  child_ret = WEXITSTATUS (status);
+	  fprintf (stderr, _("child exited with status %d\n"), child_ret);
+	}
       if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
-        {
-          child_ret = WTERMSIG (status);
-          fprintf (stderr, _("child terminated by signal %d\n"), child_ret);
-        }
+	{
+	  child_ret = WTERMSIG (status);
+	  fprintf (stderr, _("child terminated by signal %d\n"), child_ret);
+	}
     }
 
   /* We have the child status, so exit with that code.  */
diff --git a/nscd/nscd_conf.c b/nscd/nscd_conf.c
index 7856ed9b5a..c8e194d3e2 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd_conf.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd_conf.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include "dbg_log.h"
 #include "nscd.h"
 
-/* Wrapper functions with error checking for standard functions.  */
-extern char *xstrdup (const char *s);
-
 
 /* Names of the databases.  */
 const char *const dbnames[lastdb] =