Description: Verify value returned by getservbyname getservbyname() can return a NULL pointer and dereferencing it would lead to a segfault. . The patch is not forwarded upstream but there's no real maintainance upstream any more. Origin: vendor, see changelog entry 3.1-1-2 Author: Richard Braakman Last-Update: 2009-10-29 Forwarded: no diff --git a/linux/ftplib.c b/linux/ftplib.c index 9089a5b..c4a5873 100644 --- a/src/ftplib.c +++ b/src/ftplib.c @@ -416,7 +416,11 @@ GLOBALDEF int FtpConnect(const char *host, netbuf **nControl) sin.sin_port = htons(atoi(pnum)); else { - pse = getservbyname(pnum,"tcp"); + if ((pse = getservbyname(pnum,"tcp")) == NULL) + { + perror("getservbyname"); + return 0; + } sin.sin_port = pse->s_port; } }