>Number:         28851
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       openssl ca -h segfaults
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 03 21:12:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Michael van Elst
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0
>Organization:
-- 
                                Michael van Elst
Internet: mlelstv@serpens.de
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD pepew 2.0 NetBSD 2.0 (PEPEW) #14: Sun Dec 26 08:50:29 CET 2004 src@pepew:/sys/arch/i386/compile/PEPEW i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

Run the command:

openssl ca -h

and watch it segfault after printing out the usage message.

>How-To-Repeat:
See above

>Fix:

--- crypto/dist/openssl/apps/apps.c.orig	2005-01-03 22:06:56.000000000 +0100
+++ crypto/dist/openssl/apps/apps.c	2005-01-03 22:06:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1970,6 +1970,6 @@
 
 void free_index(CA_DB *db)
 	{
-	TXT_DB_free(db->db);
+	if (db) TXT_DB_free(db->db);
 	OPENSSL_free(db);
 	}

>Unformatted: