Is it possible that this is really a 32/64 bit issue or something?

M

Brandon Hutchinson wrote:
> It turns out I can only duplicate the buffer overflow using the RPMForge
> (Dag) packages. When building from source, or rebuilding from SRPM, I
> don't get the buffer overflow.
> 
> PACKAGE:
> # rpm -qf /usr/sbin/cfagent
> cfengine-2.2.1-1.el5.rf
> 
> # /usr/sbin/cfagent -qvIK
> 
> CheckFriendConnections(0)
> *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/cfagent terminated
> ======= Backtrace: =========
> ...
> 
> SOURCE:
> # rpm -qf /usr/local/sbin/cfagent
> file /usr/local/sbin/cfagent is not owned by any package
> 
> # /usr/sbin/cfagent -qvIK
> CheckFriendConnections(0)
> cfengine:nvpcmsa001: Host nvpmmsa001.navitaire.com i.e. 192.168.128.30
> last responded to hails @ [Mon Jun 18 15:57] (overdue by 0 mins)
> cfengine:nvpcmsa001: i.e. (0.00) hrs ago, Av 0.01 +/- 0.03 hrs
> 
> SRPM:
> # rpm -qf /usr/sbin/cfagent
> cfengine-2.2.1-1.rf
> 
> # /usr/sbin/cfagent -qvIK
> CheckFriendConnections(0)
> cfengine:nvpcmsa001: Host nvpmmsa001.navitaire.com i.e. 192.168.128.30
> last responded to hails @ [Mon Jun 18 16:01] (overdue by 0 mins)
> cfengine:nvpcmsa001: i.e. (0.00) hrs ago, Av 0.00 +/- 0.01 hrs
> 
> Are there any other steps you'd like me to perform? Or is there little
> else I can do with only a binary RPM with problems?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Brandon
> 
> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 09:30 -0700, Eric Sorenson wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Brandon Hutchinson wrote:
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> I attached the gdb backtrace. Let me know if you need anything else.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>> Brandon- your cfagent doesnt have debugging symbols enabled -- if you 
>> built from SRPM , did you install the cfengine-debug package?  If it 
>> was a standalone source build can you make sure CFLAGS has '-g' and 
>> its not getting stripped before installation?  
>>
>> CheckFriendConnections(0)
>> *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/cfagent terminated
>> (no debugging symbols found)
>>
>>
>>
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