Re: Bug in libraries/libldap/cache.c (ITS#1509)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

This was fixed in HEAD and OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2, see ITS#1501.
This issue will be closed as a duplicate.

At 12:34 PM 2002-01-04, jeff.scofield@lsil.com wrote:
>Full_Name: Jeffrey A. Scofield
>Version: 2.0.19
>OS: Solaris 8 (SunOS 5.8)
>URL: 
>Submission from: (NULL) (147.145.40.42)
>
>
>In the function ldap_check_cache() at around line 390 of
>libraries/libldap/cache.c the reqber variable is only incompletely
>initialized.  The uninitialized parts of the structure can cause problems.
>In my tests, for example, it sometimes causes debugging information to be
>written out (because the debug flag of the structure happens to be set).
>
>Here are a few lines showing a possible fix for the problem:
>
>        if ( ld->ld_cache == NULL ||
>            ( ld->ld_cache->lc_enabled == 0 )) {
>                return( -1 );
>        }
>
>        memset(&reqber, 0, sizeof reqber); /* ADD THIS LINE */
>
>        reqber.ber_valid = LBER_VALID_BERELEMENT;
>        reqber.ber_buf = reqber.ber_ptr = request->ber_buf;
>        reqber.ber_end = request->ber_ptr;