Tommi Kyntola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It appears that stat source function print_it (stat.c:574) can be tricked
> into performing a strchr (and after that either an fputs or worse with %
> manipulation) beyond the terminator in the string received from
> char *format = strdup (masterformat);
>
> This happens whenever the given --format ends in '%'.
...
> --- coreutils-4.5.3-vanilla/src/stat.c  2002-09-22 09:48:28.000000000 +0300
> +++ coreutils-4.5.3-statfix/src/stat.c  2003-08-26 16:23:50.097650304 +0300
...

Thank you very much.
I've applied your patch.

FYI, the latest is coreutils-5.0.90:

  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.0.90.tar.bz2

Even newer sources (including your fix) are available here:
  http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/coreutils/


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