rules inserted with bad interface name

["Laurence J. Lane" <ljlane@nontoxic.org>]

http://bugs.debian.org/170040

There appears to be an argument parsing bug in iptables, tested with
version 1.2.7a. If -i or -o is used without a space between the
interface and the option, iptables use the option as part of the
interface name. For example:

  iptables -A INPUT -ifoo

That actually appends the rule with the inbound interface 
literally named "-ifoo".

I also fond something else odd. The longopt forms of the interface
options give an error when used with an equal sign. For example:

  root@absolom:~# iptables --append=OUTPUT --out-interface=foo
  iptables v1.2.7a: interface name `--out-interface=foo' must be shorter
  than IFNAMSIZ (15)

That may actually be the same bug because iptables will accept
"--in-interface=" (which weighs in at exactly 15 characters) and 
make it the actual interface name.


Thanks.