_PASSWORD_LEN != 255

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kerberosIV/register/register.c b/kerberosIV/register/register.c
index 067cb2d404c..3928fefa9c2 100644
--- a/kerberosIV/register/register.c
+++ b/kerberosIV/register/register.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: register.c,v 1.2 1996/04/17 07:23:33 tholo Exp $	*/
+/*	$Id: register.c,v 1.3 1996/09/04 05:10:23 deraadt Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static	char	password[_PASSWORD_LEN];
 void	die();
 void	setup_key(), type_info(), cleanup();
 
+int
 main(argc, argv)
 	int	argc;
 	char	**argv;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	int		sock, llen;
 	u_char		code;
 	static struct rlimit rl = { 0, 0 };
+	char passbuf[255];
 
 	signal(SIGPIPE, die);
 
@@ -170,11 +172,15 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	bzero(passbuf, sizeof passbuf);
+	bcopy(password, passbuf, sizeof password);
 	if (des_write(sock, password, 255) != 255) {
+		bzero(passbuf, sizeof passbuf);
 		perror("write password");
 		cleanup();
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	bzero(passbuf, sizeof passbuf);
 
 	/* get return message */
 
@@ -211,7 +217,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 void
 cleanup()
 {
-	bzero(password, 255);
+	bzero(password, sizeof password);
 }
 
 extern	char	*crypt();