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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index ce69c7a02..922229e90 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -704,9 +704,12 @@ string LookupTag(const string &Message,const char *Tag,const char *Default)
then returns the result. Several varients on true/false are checked. */
int StringToBool(const string &Text,int Default)
{
- char *End;
- int Res = strtol(Text.c_str(),&End,0);
- if (End != Text.c_str() && Res >= 0 && Res <= 1)
+ char *ParseEnd;
+ int Res = strtol(Text.c_str(),&ParseEnd,0);
+ // ensure that the entire string was converted by strtol to avoid
+ // failures on "apt-cache show -a 0ad" where the "0" is converted
+ const char *TextEnd = Text.c_str()+Text.size();
+ if (ParseEnd == TextEnd && Res >= 0 && Res <= 1)
return Res;
// Check for positives