Bug#567998: sudo: sends non-printable random characters in email if DNS is not working

[Timo Juhani Lindfors]

Justin T Pryzby <justinpry...@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> I think you forgot the patch, could you send it now?

Ah yes indeed, it was only in the upstream bug report. It should be
now attached to the debian bug report too.


--- sudo-1.7.2p1/logging.c	2009-05-25 12:02:41.000000000 +0000
+++ sudo-1.7.2p1.new/logging.c	2010-02-01 18:13:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@
 	else
 	    warningx("%s", message);
     }
-    efree(message);
+    if (logline != message)
+        efree(message);
 
     /*
      * Send a copy of the error via mail.
@@ -407,8 +408,7 @@
     if (def_logfile)
 	do_logfile(logline);
 
-    if (logline != message)
-	efree(logline);
+    efree(logline);
 
     if (!ISSET(flags, NO_EXIT)) {
 	cleanup(0);