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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:25:08 -0500
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
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Subject: libkrb4 doesn't check init_context return

>Number:         501
>Category:       krb5-libs
>Synopsis:       libkrb4 doesn't check init_context return
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    tlyu
>State:          feedback
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 19 18:26:01 EST 1997
>Last-Modified:  Thu Apr 09 19:44:13 EDT 1998
>Originator:     Greg Hudson
>Organization:
MIT
>Release:        1.0
>Environment:
	
System: IRIX oliver 6.3 12161207 IP32


>Description:
There are three occurrances of krb5_init_context() in libkrb4.  None of
them check their return value.  If the call fails, then you tend to get
a core dump.

>How-To-Repeat:
Run a krb4-linked program with no /etc/krb5.conf file on your system.

>Fix:
None provided, but it's trivial.  However, it's arguably also a bug that
krb4 programs fail if you don't have an /etc/krb5.conf.
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>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: krb5-unassigned->tlyu
Responsible-Changed-By: tlyu
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Feb 22 19:07:01 1998
Responsible-Changed-Why:

Mine now

State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback
State-Changed-By: tlyu
State-Changed-When: Thu Apr  9 19:43:07 1998
State-Changed-Why:

Should be fixed in -current now.  The code checks the returned context
against NULL rather than the error value, for some reason.  This might
want to get fixed later.

>Unformatted:
Grrr.  Why does /mit/krb5/arch/sgi_53/sbin/krb5-send-pr send to bugs?

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[15684]  daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghudson@MIT.EDU) Athena Bugs 11/19/97 18:15 (32 lines)
Subject: krb4 library use of krb5_init_context()
From: <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:15:26 -0500
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