Your message dated Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:22:53 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#903620: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #391572, regarding xvt 2.1-18 buffer overflow to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: xvt Version: 2.1-18 Example: sh-2.05b$ ./xvt -name `perl -e 'print"A"x300'` Segmentation fault sh-2.05b$ Bug: File name: xsetup.c Function name: extract_nonX_args(...) 335 for (j = i = 1; i < argc; i++) { 336 if (strcmp(argv[i],"-name") == 0) { 337 if (argv[++i] != NULL) { 338 res_name = scopy(argv[i]); In this way I can decide res_name. File name: xsetup.c Function name: init_display(...) 370 char str1[256],str2[256]; . . . 394 sprintf(str1,"%s.display",res_name); Patch: Use snprintf with a lenght check.
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 2.1-20.3+rm Dear submitter, as the package xvt has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/903620 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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