BASH PATCH REPORT
                            =================

Bash-Release: 2.05b
Patch-ID: bash205b-008

Bug-Reported-by:        Stephane Chazelas <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:

Bug-Description:

Under certain circumstances, bash will execute user code while processing the
environment for exported function definitions.

Patch:

*** ../bash-2.05b.07/builtins/common.h  2002-05-10 12:25:08.000000000 -0400
--- builtins/common.h   2014-09-25 10:18:20.000000000 -0400
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*** 33,36 ****
--- 33,38 ----

 /* Flags for describe_command, shared between type.def and command.def */
+ #define SEVAL_FUNCDEF 0x080           /* only allow function definitions */
+ #define SEVAL_ONECMD  0x100           /* only allow a single command */
 #define CDESC_ALL             0x001   /* type -a */
 #define CDESC_SHORTDESC               0x002   /* command -V */
*** ../bash-2.05b.07/builtins/evalstring.c      2002-04-04 13:38:50.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/evalstring.c       2014-09-25 10:18:20.000000000 -0400
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*** 205,208 ****
--- 205,216 ----
             struct fd_bitmap *bitmap;

+             if ((flags & SEVAL_FUNCDEF) && command->type != cm_function_def)
+               {
+                 internal_warning ("%s: ignoring function definition attempt", from_file);
+                 should_jump_to_top_level = 0;
+                 last_result = last_command_exit_value = EX_BADUSAGE;
+                 break;
+               }
+
             bitmap = new_fd_bitmap (FD_BITMAP_SIZE);
             begin_unwind_frame ("pe_dispose");
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*** 256,259 ****
--- 264,270 ----
             dispose_fd_bitmap (bitmap);
             discard_unwind_frame ("pe_dispose");
+
+             if (flags & SEVAL_ONECMD)
+               break;
           }
       }
*** ../bash-2.05b.07/variables.c        2002-06-25 09:43:33.000000000 -0400
--- variables.c 2014-09-25 10:18:20.000000000 -0400
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*** 270,279 ****
         strcpy (temp_string + char_index + 1, string);

!         parse_and_execute (temp_string, name, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST);
!
!         /* Ancient backwards compatibility.  Old versions of bash exported
!            functions like name()=() {...} */
!         if (name[char_index - 1] == ')' && name[char_index - 2] == '(')
!           name[char_index - 2] = '\0';

         if (temp_var = find_function (name))
--- 270,277 ----
         strcpy (temp_string + char_index + 1, string);

!         /* Don't import function names that are invalid identifiers from the
!            environment. */
!         if (legal_identifier (name))
!           parse_and_execute (temp_string, name, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST|SEVAL_FUNCDEF|SEVAL_ONECMD);

         if (temp_var = find_function (name))
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*** 284,291 ****
         else
           report_error ("error importing function definition for `%s'", name);
-
-         /* ( */
-         if (name[char_index - 1] == ')' && name[char_index - 2] == '\0')
-           name[char_index - 2] = '(';         /* ) */
       }
 #if defined (ARRAY_VARS)
--- 282,285 ----