Lock out "A-for-A" DNS lookups.

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 216cf5f7b..629762d4c 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.437 2006/11/20 11:57:56 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.438 2006/11/20 13:53:44 ph10 Exp $
 
 Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ JJ/07 exipick.20061117.2, added $received_ip_address and $received_port
 
 PH/46 Applied Jori Hamalainen's patch to add features to exiqsumm.
 
+PH/47 Put in an explicit test for a DNS lookup of an address record where the
+      "domain" is actually an IP address, and force a failure. This locks out
+      those revolvers/nameservers that support "A-for-A" lookups, in
+      contravention of the specifications.
+
+
 
 
 Exim version 4.63
diff --git a/src/src/dns.c b/src/src/dns.c
index b86762ed4..a6c6d053b 100644
--- a/src/src/dns.c
+++ b/src/src/dns.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/dns.c,v 1.15 2006/11/07 14:13:19 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/dns.c,v 1.16 2006/11/20 13:53:44 ph10 Exp $ */
 
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ Arguments:
 Returns:    DNS_SUCCEED   successful lookup
             DNS_NOMATCH   name not found (NXDOMAIN)
                           or name contains illegal characters (if checking)
+                          or name is an IP address (for IP address lookup)
             DNS_NODATA    domain exists, but no data for this type (NODATA)
             DNS_AGAIN     soft failure, try again later
             DNS_FAIL      DNS failure
@@ -539,7 +540,20 @@ if (check_dns_names_pattern[0] != 0 && type != T_PTR)
 number of bytes the message would need, so we need to check for this case. The
 effect is to truncate overlong data.
 
-If we are running in the test harness, instead of calling the normal resolver
+On some systems, res_search() will recognize "A-for-A" queries and return
+the IP address instead of returning -1 with h_error=HOST_NOT_FOUND. Some
+nameservers are also believed to do this. It is, of course, contrary to the
+specification of the DNS, so we lock it out. */
+
+if ((
+    #ifdef SUPPORT_A6
+    type == T_A6 ||
+    #endif
+    type == T_A || type == T_AAAA) &&
+    string_is_ip_address(name, NULL) != 0)
+  return DNS_NOMATCH;
+
+/* If we are running in the test harness, instead of calling the normal resolver
 (res_search), we call fakens_search(), which recognizes certain special
 domains, and interfaces to a fake nameserver for certain special zones. */