RFR(S): 8038233 : Fix unsafe strcpy in Java_sun_tools_attach_{Aix, Bsd, Linux}VirtualMachine_connect() (original) (raw)

Dmitry Samersoff dmitry.samersoff at oracle.com
Fri Mar 28 13:46:26 UTC 2014


Volker,

I think we should check the length of passed filename and throw an exception if filename is too long.

Otherwise we can end up opening wrong file with possibly not expected permissions.

-Dmitry

On 2014-03-27 22:08, Volker Simonis wrote:

Hi,

a security audit for the PPC64/AIX port revealed an unsecure useage of 'strcpy' in JavasuntoolsattachAixVirtualMachineconnect(). Because the same coding is also used in the Linux and BSD implementations, the following change fixes them all together: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/8038233/ https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8038233 Compiled and tested (with the com/sun/jdi, com/sun/tools/attach, com/sun/management and sun/management JTreg tests) on Linux, MacOS X and AIX. Please notice that this fix is also intended for backporting tu 8u. Thank you and best regards, Volker

-- Dmitry Samersoff Oracle Java development team, Saint Petersburg, Russia



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