Bash-3.2 Official Patch 53

[Chet Ramey]

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

Bash-Release: 3.2
Patch-ID: bash32-053

Bug-Reported-by:        Tavis Ormandy <taviso@cmpxchg8b.com>
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:      http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/514887394294652929

Bug-Description:

Under certain circumstances, bash can incorrectly save a lookahead character and
return it on a subsequent call, even when reading a new line.

Patch:

*** ../bash-3.2.52/parse.y      2008-04-29 21:24:55.000000000 -0400
--- parse.y     2014-09-25 16:18:41.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 2504,2507 ****
--- 2504,2509 ----
    word_desc_to_read = (WORD_DESC *)NULL;
  
+   eol_ungetc_lookahead = 0;
+ 
    last_read_token = '\n';
    token_to_read = '\n';
*** ../bash-3.2/patchlevel.h    Thu Apr 13 08:31:04 2006
--- patchlevel.h        Mon Oct 16 14:22:54 2006
***************
*** 26,30 ****
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 52
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 53
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

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