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Bug 79521 - security update to naim (naim-0.11.7.3) causes naim to become unusable
Summary: security update to naim (naim-0.11.7.3) causes naim to become unusable
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Net-im project
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Reported: 2005-01-25 15:35 UTC by phar
Modified: 2005-01-26 10:56 UTC (History)
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Description phar 2005-01-25 15:35:47 UTC
the update to naim-0.11.7.3 should be rolled back.. as it stands now the client is completely useless.. nonprintable keystrokes are interpreted as HTML escape codes causing the client interface to become unusable

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.run naim
2.attempt to login with /connect <username> [enter]
3.note that [enter] is now printed on the screen as "&#343;"
4.attempt to backspace wrongly interpreted character..
5.become enraged that your prompt is now filled with "/connect <username>&#343&#263;&#263;&#263;&#263;&#263;&#263;
Comment 1 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-01-26 07:00:59 UTC
This doesn't happen for me.  The "Enter" key submits the command as expected.
Comment 2 phar 2005-01-26 10:31:58 UTC
to quote the author:

You absolutely just proved my point.

If I had not received a bug report for this until a future release, it may
have been extremely difficult to go through all of the changes to see what
could have caused the problem.

As it stands, thanks to people who I did not have to argue with to get them
to upgrade, I was able to identify the problem earlier today. I released
0.11.7.3.1 with a fix for the problem about 3 hours ago. I have not enabled
the upgrade beacon because it is not a major problem (it only affects people
who build naim on systems with a specific subset of of coreutils versions).
Comment 3 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-01-26 10:56:01 UTC
0.11.7.3.1 now in portage and 0.11.7.3 removed.

Thanks.