Thanks for the report! Yes, this looks like a heap overflow in axel.
Ubuntu since Feisty is not vulnerable (and only results in a crash), due
to the built-in glibc protections.
** Changed in: axel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
Status: New => Confirmed
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #196431
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196431
** Also affects: axel (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196431
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Visibility changed to: Public
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axel crashes whith long urls
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159112
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