Package: libpcre3 Version: 1:8.30-5 Severity: grave Tags: patch Justification: causes non-serious data loss
Dear Maintainer, when compiling the regular expression regex_t rx; regcomp(&rx, "^(\\(\\))? *(.*)$", 0) I get the large value 140733193388034 for rx.re_nsub. As this value is often used afterwards in malloc this normally leads to the termination of the programm (either because of the segfault or due to the assumption of no free memory), so unsaved data gets lost. The problem is well known (http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20120822.143744.147fd5d2.de.html) and a patch exists (http://bugs.exim.org/attachment.cgi?id=586). I can confirm that the patch works. Please consider applying the patch. Cheers Patrick -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (400, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libpcre3 depends on: ii libc6 2.13-35 ii multiarch-support 2.13-35 libpcre3 recommends no packages. libpcre3 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
