Subject: pkg/12763: download-vulnerability-list doesn't check for existance of vulnerabilities file
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <bsd@cs.ubc.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/26/2001 11:51:42
>Number: 12763
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: download-vulnerability-list doesn't check for existance of vulnerabilities file
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 26 11:52:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Brian de Alwis
>Release: pkgsrc-current, audit-packages-1.7
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD fifty 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #1: Sun Nov 19 21:42:11 MET 2000 fvdl@sushi:/work/trees/netbsd-1-5/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
The script for download-vulnerability-list assumes a vulnerabilities
list already exists. If one doesn't, then the script barfs.
$ rm /data/downloads/vulnerabilities
$ download-vulnerability-list
Connected to ftp.netbsd.org.
220-
220 ftp.netbsd.org FTP server (NetBSD-ftpd 20010417) ready.
331 Guest login ok, type your name as password.
[...]
221 Thank you for using the FTP service on ftp.netbsd.org.
ls: /data/downloads/vulnerabilities: No such file or directory
[: -lt: argument expected
$
As a result, the vulnerabilities file isn't updated.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
I changed the script to do:
*** /usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list Thu Apr 26 11:49:58 2001
--- download-vulnerability-list Thu Apr 26 11:49:16 2001
***************
*** 10,21 ****
--- 10,23 ----
EXIST_VUL_LIST=/data/downloads/vulnerabilities
/usr/bin/ftp -o ${NEW_VUL_LIST} ${VUL_SOURCE}
+ if [ -f ${EXIST_VUL_LIST} ]; then
existsize=`/bin/ls -l ${EXIST_VUL_LIST} | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $5 }'`
newsize=`/bin/ls -l ${NEW_VUL_LIST} | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $5 }'`
if [ $newsize -lt $existsize ]; then
echo "New vulnerability list ($$newsize bytes) is smaller than existing list ($$existsize bytes)" 1>&2
/bin/rm -f ${NEW_VUL_LIST}
exit 1
+ fi
fi
/bin/mv -f ${NEW_VUL_LIST} ${EXIST_VUL_LIST}
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: