421229 – sys-apps/texinfo: makeinfo crashes with a buffer overflow

Bug 421229 - sys-apps/texinfo: makeinfo crashes with a buffer overflow

Summary: sys-apps/texinfo: makeinfo crashes with a buffer overflow

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

URL:	https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32122
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Reported:	2012-06-15 11:14 UTC by Arun Raghavan (RETIRED)
Modified:	2013-05-05 22:26 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Arun Raghavan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-15 11:14:29 UTC

This has been reported upstream with a patch, though upstream seems to be dead:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32122

I've verified that this fixes the problem on my system.

Comment 1 Arun Raghavan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-15 11:16:00 UTC

Hum, just noticed the bug was already fixed upstream. Maybe the fix should be pulled from their CVS instead.

Comment 2 Arun Raghavan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-15 11:19:12 UTC

For references, that's:

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/texinfo/texinfo/makeinfo/sectioning.c?r1=1.30&r2=1.31&view=patch
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/texinfo/texinfo/makeinfo/sectioning.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.32&view=patch

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2013-05-05 22:26:23 UTC

most likely fixed with texinfo-5 due to the C->perl rewrite