Re: [bug-inetutils] bug found in inetutils-1.5 telnet binary

[Edward Attfield]

The netkit version has a similar fix, with slightly different code. Theirs
is:
 
     maxfd = net;
     if (maxfd < tin) maxfd=tin;
     if (maxfd < tout) maxfd=tout;
 
     if ((c = select(maxfd+1, &ibits, &obits, &xbits,
 
I've also seen a version that hard-codes the maximum number of file descriptors
for the select.


Debarshi Ray wrote:
> >  My favorite thought about this bug is that it is present in most of the
> > telnet flavours, and has been there for at least thirty years.
> >   
>
> Atleast NetKit's telnet client
> (ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/netkit-telnet-0.17.tar.gz)
> does not seem to have this particular problem.
>
> Happy hacking,
> Debarshi