Package: gnubiff
Version: 2.2.13-3
Severity: important
In case of very large imap mailbox, imap server will answer a
very long line which size if greater than default maximum size
of 16384 (security/prevdos_line_length parameter in the expert
tab). In that case, an incorrect error message if displayed on
console in debug mode (Operation not permitted) which is
because of strerror(status) where status is meaningless in that
case (socket.cc, Socket::read).
A patch aimed to guide the user to the problem in case of very
large imap mailbox is provided (the message says to increase
security/prevdos_line_length).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnubiff depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.7.2 Debian package management system
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.21-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.3-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.24.3-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfam0 2.7.0-17 Client library to control the FAM
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-8 GCC support library
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.30.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.30.1-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.3-1 The GNOME libraries (User Interfac
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.24.3-1 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.18-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.30.2-1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.16-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-1 SSL shared libraries
ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii sox 14.3.1-1+b1 Swiss army knife of sound processi
Versions of packages gnubiff recommends:
ii fam 2.7.0-17 File Alteration Monitor
gnubiff suggests no packages.
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diff -ur gnubiff-2.2.13/src/socket.cc b/src/socket.cc
--- gnubiff-2.2.13/src/socket.cc 2010-02-06 15:39:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/socket.cc 2010-08-28 17:48:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -401,15 +401,25 @@
line.c_str());
break;
default:
- g_message ("[%d] RECV ERROR(%s:%d): %s", uin_, hostname_.c_str(),
- port_, strerror(status));
+ if (cnt <= 0)
+ g_message ("[%d] RECV ERROR(%s:%d): line too long, "
+ "security/prevdos_line_length should be increased",
+ uin_, hostname_.c_str(), port_);
+ else
+ g_message ("[%d] RECV ERROR(%s:%d): %s", uin_,
+ hostname_.c_str(), port_,
+ strerror(status));
break;
}
}
#endif
if (status_ == SOCKET_STATUS_ERROR) {
- g_warning (_("[%d] Unable to read from %s on port %d"), uin_,
- hostname_.c_str(), port_);
+ if (cnt <= 0)
+ g_warning (_("[%d] line too long, security/prevdos_line_length "
+ "should be increased"), uin_);
+ else
+ g_warning (_("[%d] Unable to read from %s on port %d"),
+ uin_, hostname_.c_str(), port_);
close();
}
