4 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.c b/plugins/check_apt.c
index 07622c2..8747f90 100644
--- a/plugins/check_apt.c
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int run_upgrade(int *pkgcount, int *secpkgcount){
         char *cmdline=NULL, rerrbuf[64];
 
         /* initialize ereg as it is possible it is printed while uninitialized */
-        memset(&ereg, "\0", sizeof(ereg.buffer));
+        memset(&ereg, '\0', sizeof(ereg.buffer));
 
         if(upgrade==NO_UPGRADE) return STATE_OK;
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp.c b/plugins/check_ntp.c
index 09a923e..a7d278d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp.c
@@ -517,14 +517,13 @@ setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq){
 double jitter_request(const char *host, int *status){
         int conn=-1, i, npeers=0, num_candidates=0, syncsource_found=0;
         int run=0, min_peer_sel=PEER_INCLUDED, num_selected=0, num_valid=0;
-        int peers_size=0, peer_offset=0, bytes_read=0;
+        int peers_size=0, peer_offset=0;
         ntp_assoc_status_pair *peers=NULL;
         ntp_control_message req;
         const char *getvar = "jitter";
         double rval = 0.0, jitter = -1.0;
         char *startofvalue=NULL, *nptr=NULL;
         void *tmp;
-        int ntp_cm_ints = sizeof(uint16_t) * 5 + sizeof(uint8_t) * 2;
 
         /* Long-winded explanation:
          * Getting the jitter requires a number of steps:
@@ -591,6 +590,9 @@ double jitter_request(const char *host, int *status){
                 for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++){
                         /* Only query this server if it is the current sync source */
                         if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel){
+                                char jitter_data[MAX_CM_SIZE+1];
+                                size_t jitter_data_count;
+
                                 num_selected++;
                                 setup_control_request(&req, OP_READVAR, 2);
                                 req.assoc = peers[i].assoc;
@@ -609,15 +611,7 @@ double jitter_request(const char *host, int *status){
 
                                 req.count = htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
                                 DBG(printf("recieving READVAR response...\n"));
-
-                                /* cov-66524 - req.data not null terminated before usage. Also covers verifying struct was returned correctly*/
-                                if ((bytes_read = read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req))) == -1)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot read from socket: %s"), strerror(errno));
-                                if (bytes_read != ntp_cm_ints + req.count)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NTP response: %d bytes read does not equal %d plus %d data segment"), bytes_read, ntp_cm_ints, req.count); 
-                                /* else null terminate */
-                                strncpy(req.data[req.count], "\0", 1);
-
+                                read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
                                 DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
 
                                 if(req.op&REM_ERROR && strstr(getvar, "jitter")) {
@@ -632,7 +626,14 @@ double jitter_request(const char *host, int *status){
                                 if(verbose) {
                                         printf("parsing jitter from peer %.2x: ", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
                                 }
-                                startofvalue = strchr(req.data, '=');
+                                if((jitter_data_count = ntohs(req.count)) >= sizeof(jitter_data)){
+                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                                            _("jitter response too large (%lu bytes)\n"),
+                                            (unsigned long)jitter_data_count);
+                                }
+                                memcpy(jitter_data, req.data, jitter_data_count);
+                                jitter_data[jitter_data_count] = '\0';
+                                startofvalue = strchr(jitter_data, '=');
                                 if(startofvalue != NULL) {
                                         startofvalue++;
                                         jitter = strtod(startofvalue, &nptr);
diff --git a/plugins/check_real.c b/plugins/check_real.c
index e7ab9d0..00bd4d2 100644
--- a/plugins/check_real.c
+++ b/plugins/check_real.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
                 /* watch for the REAL connection string */
                 result = recv (sd, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, 0);
-                buffer[result] = "\0"; /* null terminate recieved buffer */
+                buffer[result] = '\0'; /* null terminate recieved buffer */
 
                 /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
                 if (result == -1) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index fc0adba..63f9fd9 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ print_help (void)
         printf (UT_IPv46);
 
         printf (" %s\n", "-E, --escape");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\ in send or quit string. Must come before send or quit option"));
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\\\ in send or quit string. Must come before send or quit option"));
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Default: nothing added to send, \\r\\n added to end of quit"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-s, --send=STRING");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("String to send to the server"));