Crash occurs because of a bug in libtar. They're not respecting the bounds checking code in glibc, and it catches them misbehaving.
Attached patch resolves the issue. This bug should be reassigned to libtar. ** Patch added: "libtar-1.2.11-encode_buffer_overrun_fix.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lordsawar/+bug/1038698/+attachment/3267942/+files/libtar-1.2.11-encode_buffer_overrun_fix.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian/Ubuntu Games Team, which is subscribed to lordsawar in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038698 Title: core dump when starting new game Status in “libtar” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When trying to start a new game, the application crashes. I'm attaching the full console output of the run. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: lordsawar 0.2.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 19 09:08:53 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lordsawar UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (113 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtar/+bug/1038698/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Pkg-games-ubuntu mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-ubuntu
