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patch 9.1.0094: xxd: buffer-overflow when writing color output
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Problem:  xxd: buffer-overflow when writing color output
Solution: properly account for the color escape sequences and
          adjust LLEN macro
          (Goffredo Baroncelli)

xxd: crash with higer number of column

xxd writes the data into a buffer before printing. Unfortunately
the buffer doesn't consider the space consumed by the escape
sequences used to change the color of the character.

BEFORE:
$ xxd -Ralways -c 256 /etc/passwd
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

AFTER:
$ ./xxd -Ralways -c 256 /etc/passwd
00000000: 726f 6f74 3a78 3a30 3a30 3a72 6f6f 743a 2f72 [...]

To solve this issue I had to increase the size of the buffer
considering for each byte of data 11 further characters for the
color escape sequence.

closes: #14003

Signed-off-by: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@libero.it>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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kreijack authored and chrisbra committed Feb 10, 2024
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/version.c
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static int included_patches[] =
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
/**/
94,
/**/
93,
/**/
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31 changes: 29 additions & 2 deletions src/xxd/xxd.c
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* 12.01.2024 disable auto-conversion for z/OS (MVS)
* 17.01.2024 use size_t instead of usigned int for code-generation (-i), #13876
* 25.01.2024 revert the previous patch (size_t instead of unsigned int)
* 10.02.2024 fix buffer-overflow when writing color output to buffer, #14003
*
* (c) 1990-1998 by Juergen Weigert (jnweiger@gmail.com)
*
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# endif
#endif

char version[] = "xxd 2024-01-25 by Juergen Weigert et al.";
char version[] = "xxd 2024-02-10 by Juergen Weigert et al.";
#ifdef WIN32
char osver[] = " (Win32)";
#else
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#define TRY_SEEK /* attempt to use lseek, or skip forward by reading */
#define COLS 256 /* change here, if you ever need more columns */
#define LLEN ((2*(int)sizeof(unsigned long)) + 4 + (9*COLS-1) + COLS + 2)

/*
* LLEN is the maximum length of a line; other than the visible characters
* we need to consider also the escape color sequence prologue/epilogue ,
* (11 bytes for each character). The most larger format is the default one:
* addr + 1 word for each col/2 + 1 char for each col
*
* addr 1st group 2nd group
* +-------+ +-----------------+ +------+
* 01234567: 1234 5678 9abc def0 12345678
*
* - addr: typically 012345678: -> from 10 up to 18 bytes (including trailing
* space)
* - 1st group: 1234 5678 9abc ... -> each byte may be colored, so add 11
* for each byte
* - space -> 1 byte
* - 2nd group: 12345678 -> each char may be colore so add 11
* for each byte
* - new line -> 1 byte
* - zero (end line) -> 1 byte
*/
#define LLEN (2*(int)sizeof(unsigned long) + 2 + /* addr + ": " */ \
(11 * 2 + 4 + 1) * (COLS / 2) + /* 1st group */ \
1 + /* space */ \
(1 + 11) * COLS + /* 2nd group */ \
1 + /* new line */ \
1) /* zero */

char hexxa[] = "0123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF", *hexx = hexxa;

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