host_aton() was not handling scoped IPv6 addresses correctly.

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 483b87134c0b4ff650398b33c2b0ab15962e7931..d878174e0d2120df57b81efac0eab3e51ebf63ef 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.65 2005/01/11 15:51:02 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.66 2005/01/12 12:17:41 ph10 Exp $
 
 Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ Exim version 4.50
     the function were treating the return as a boolean value, which happened to
     work because 0=false and not-0=true, but is not correct code.
 
+68. The host_aton() function was not handling scoped IPv6 addresses (those
+    with, for example, "%eth0" on the end) correctly.
+
 
 Exim version 4.43
 -----------------

diff --git a/src/src/host.c b/src/src/host.c
index 6096055631f9d9eee370504f963da11f3cd1ce1f..0ebdf8b84ab90db0f1910642fe1e6563ddf45113 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/host.c
+++ b/src/src/host.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/host.c,v 1.6 2005/01/11 15:51:02 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/host.c,v 1.7 2005/01/12 12:17:41 ph10 Exp $ */
 
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
@@ -735,9 +735,10 @@ host_aton(uschar *address, int *bin)
 int x[4];
 int v4offset = 0;
 
-/* Handle IPv6 address, which may end with an IPv4 address. This code is NOT
-enclosed in #if HAVE_IPV6 in order that IPv6 addresses are recognized even if
-IPv6 is not supported. */
+/* Handle IPv6 address, which may end with an IPv4 address. It may also end 
+with a "scope", introduced by a percent sign. This code is NOT enclosed in #if
+HAVE_IPV6 in order that IPv6 addresses are recognized even if IPv6 is not
+supported. */
 
 if (Ustrchr(address, ':') != NULL)
   {
@@ -751,17 +752,17 @@ if (Ustrchr(address, ':') != NULL)
 
   /* If the address starts with a colon, it will start with two colons.
   Just lose the first one, which will leave a null first component. */
-
+  
   if (*p == ':') p++;
 
   /* Split the address into components separated by colons. The input address 
   is supposed to be checked for syntax. There was a case where this was 
   overlooked; to guard against that happening again, check here and crash if 
-  there is a violation. */
+  there are too many components. */
 
-  while (*p != 0)
+  while (*p != 0 && *p != '%')
     {
-    int len = Ustrcspn(p, ":");
+    int len = Ustrcspn(p, ":%");
     if (len == 0) nulloffset = ci;
     if (ci > 7) log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, 
       "Internal error: invalid IPv6 address \"%s\" passed to host_aton()",