On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 01:22:18AM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> * gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/shells.scm (tcsh)[source]: Use it.
> ---
>  gnu/local.mk                                       |  1 +
>  .../patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch      | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gnu/packages/shells.scm                            |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
> index bc9b06da6..552272bbd 100644
> --- a/gnu/local.mk
> +++ b/gnu/local.mk
> @@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
>    %D%/packages/patches/tclxml-3.2-install.patch			\
>    %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch		\
>    %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-autotest.patch			\
> +  %D%/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch	\
>    %D%/packages/patches/teensy-loader-cli-help.patch		\
>    %D%/packages/patches/texi2html-document-encoding.patch	\
>    %D%/packages/patches/texi2html-i18n.patch			\
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..48c294f78
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +Fix out-of-bounds read in c_substitute():
> +
> +http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/612
> +
> +Patch copied from upstream source repository:
> +
> +https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh/commit/6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596
> +
> +From 6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: christos <christos>
> +Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:59:28 +0000
> +Subject: [PATCH] Fix out of bounds read (Brooks Davis) (reproduce by starting
> + tcsh and hitting tab at the prompt)
> +
> +---
> + ed.chared.c | 2 +-
> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/ed.chared.c b/ed.chared.c
> +index 1277e53..310393e 100644
> +--- ed.chared.c
> ++++ ed.chared.c
> +@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ c_substitute(void)
> +     /*
> +      * If we found a history character, go expand it.
> +      */
> +-    if (HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
> ++    if (p >= InputBuf && HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
> + 	nr_exp = c_excl(p);
> +     else
> +         nr_exp = 0;
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/shells.scm b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
> index f3350ef50..8596efc87 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/shells.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
> @@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ has a small feature set similar to a traditional Bourne shell.")
>                 (base32
>                  "1a4z9kwgx1iqqzvv64si34m60gj34p7lp6rrcrb59s7ka5wa476q"))
>                (patches (search-patches "tcsh-fix-autotest.patch"
> -                                       "tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch"))
> +                                       "tcsh-do-not-define-BSDWAIT.patch"
> +                                       "tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch"))
>                (patch-flags '("-p0"))))
>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>      (inputs
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 
> 

Still no CVE assigned to it?

Building the following 429 packages would ensure 829 dependent packages are rebuilt
Looks like it'll need to be grafted in addition.

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