Bug#588029: Segmentation fault when trying to script certtool from gnutls using echo pipe command

[Boris L. Zanin]

Subject: gnutls-bin: Segmentation fault when trying to script certtool using echo pipe command
Package: gnutls-bin
Version: 2.4.2-6+lenny2
Severity: important

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Create and run the following script file:


#!/bin/sh
certtool -p --outfile 1.pem
echo 'BY\n'|certtool -s --load-privkey 1.pem --outfile 2.crt


The output is the following (the text after 5368 is in Russian and means 'Segmentation fault'):

Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key...
Generating a self signed certificate...
Please enter the details of the certificate's distinguished name. Just press enter to ignore a field.
Country name (2 chars): Organization name: Organizational unit name: Locality name: State or province name: Common name: UID: This field should not be used in new certificates.
E-mail: Enter the certificate's serial number in decimal (default: 1278232225): ./1: line 3:  5367 Done                    echo 'BY\n'
      5368 Ошибка сегментирования                   | certtool -s --load-privkey 1.pem --outfile 2.crt


Outfile (2.crt) is created, but its size is equal to 0.
Have tried same on ubuntu 10.04 with latest gnutls (certtool version 2.8.6) with same effect.
Also tried redirect stdin to file (using <1.txt for certtool -s) with same effect.
Full answers list also does not help.

This error is annoying and prevents creation of autoconfiguration scripts, hope this will be fixed soon.
Meanwhile, any workaround is also acceptable.

Thank you.
Boris L. Zanin


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnutls-bin depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.7-18lenny1   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcrypt11               1.4.1-1        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26               2.4.2-6+lenny2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0             1.4-2          library for common error values an
ii  libreadline5              5.2-3.1        GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libtasn1-3                1.4-1          Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)

gnutls-bin recommends no packages.

gnutls-bin suggests no packages.

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