Re: sysrc (awk) bug
Fas Xmut via freebsd-security <[email protected]>
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13.0-Release Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, May 30, 2021 1:43 PM, Eugene Grosbein <[email protected]> wrote: > 30.05.2021 11:36, Fas Xmut via freebsd-security wrote: > > > I don't know if it is a security bug or not. When I use sysrc today, the error operations emptied my /etc/rc.conf, that's a small disaster, because my /etc/rc.conf is updated day by day, but now, it is empty. > > First, change your default root shell to sh/ksh or their derived shell. (I have tested, csh will not trigger that bug). > > Second, backup /etc/rc.conf to any other place. > > Then do the following commands: > > > > sysrc something_enable="NO" > > > > ============================ > > > > sysrc something_enable="YES > > > > ============================ > > > > > " > > > awk: newline in string YES > > > ... at source line 1 > > > something_enable: NO -> YES > > > > Now see what is inside /etc/rc.conf ? Everything is empty! only one thing in it: > > > > something_enable="YES > > " > > > > ------------------------ > > What is your FreeBSD version? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"