Hi I can imagine that there is no checks whatsoever in this tool about the input size.
I'll see if there is any easy fix for this. Have you determined how many characters is useful and work? Regards, // Ola On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:19:21PM -0300, Javier Kohen wrote: > Package: vnc4-common > Version: 4.1.1+X4.3.0-4 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/vnc4passwd > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Passing a long password to vncpasswd seems to drive it crazy. For instance, > try with "invalid next size." It gives the following error here, whether the > passwords match or not: > Passwords don't match - try again > *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0804c120 *** > Aborted > > Also running vncpasswd under valgrind spurts all kind of memory errors inside > the application code, independently of the above issue. > > > - -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-ck5 > Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages vnc4-common depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-8 GCC support library > ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > > vnc4-common recommends no packages. > > - -- no debconf information > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD4DBQFEDIs5823633cP2P8RAgmrAJirvde2iOyvHVPKigBYbhD3c63GAJ9629ae > UYWO4umE4pb1EsjkuXF/Hg== > =kDbt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

