[Lynx-dev] Lynx: found a way to crash it :-(

[David Combs]

Easy way to get Lynx to abort:
              Lynx 2.8.5rel.1 (04 Feb 2004) ([1]latest release)



  www.progressive.org/default    progressive-magazine 


   "[93] radio: progressive point of view"

   answer NO to everything about security

 it aborts!


CRASH!



I sure hope you can duplicate the problem!


David

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Here's Lynx.trace:


                Lynx Trace Log (2.8.5rel.1)

User message: Trace ON!
GETCH: Got 0xa.
LYReadCmdKey(0) ->^J (0xa)
HISTORY clean_extra_history 1/1024 (0 extra)
HISTORY ...clean_extra_history 1/1024 (0 extra)

LYpush[1]: address:http://www.progressive.org/default.htm
        title:The Progressive - Peace and social justice since 1909
getfile: getting https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily

HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`'
   want: host
HTParse:      result:`www.progressive.org'

Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
Anchor 0x847e300 with address `https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily' already 
exists.
HTAccess: loading document https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily
get_physical https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily
HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`file:'
   want: access
HTParse:      result:`https'
HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`'
   want: host
HTParse:      result:`www.progressive.org'
HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`'
   want: access
HTParse:      result:`https'
HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`'
   want: host
HTParse:      result:`www.progressive.org'
Looking up www.progressive.org
HTParseInet: parsing `www.progressive.org'.
LYGetHostByName: parsing `www.progressive.org'.
End of LYGetHostByName: 0xbdacb854 { h_name = 0xbdacb934 "www.progressive.org",
         h_aliases = 0xbdacb880 { 0x0 },
         h_addrtype = 2, h_length = 4,
         h_addr_list = 0xbdacb7c0 { 0xbdacb94c "66.170.18.163", 0x0 } }
LYGetHostByName: Resolved name to a hostent.
HTParseInet: Parsed address as port 443, IP address 66.170.18.163
Making HTTPS connection to www.progressive.org
TCP: Error 36 in `SOCKET_ERRNO' after call to this socket's first connect() 
failed.
        Operation now in progress
TCP: Error 36 in `SOCKET_ERRNO' after call to this socket's first select() 
failed.
        Operation now in progress
Confirm: SSL error:self signed certificate in certificate chain-Continue? (y) 
GETCH: Got 0x6e.
LYReadCmdKey(4) ->n (0x6e)
- NO.
Retrying connection without TLS.
HTParse: aName:`https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily'
   relatedName:`'
   want: host
HTParse:      result:`www.progressive.org'
Looking up www.progressive.org
HTParseInet: parsing `www.progressive.org'.
LYGetHostByName: parsing `www.progressive.org'.
End of LYGetHostByName: 0xbdacb854 { h_name = 0xbdacb934 "www.progressive.org",
         h_aliases = 0xbdacb880 { 0x0 },
         h_addrtype = 2, h_length = 4,
         h_addr_list = 0xbdacb7c0 { 0xbdacb94c "66.170.18.163", 0x0 } }
LYGetHostByName: Resolved name to a hostent.
HTParseInet: Parsed address as port 443, IP address 66.170.18.163
Making HTTPS connection to www.progressive.org
TCP: Error 36 in `SOCKET_ERRNO' after call to this socket's first connect() 
failed.
        Operation now in progress
TCP: Error 36 in `SOCKET_ERRNO' after call to this socket's first select() 
failed.
        Operation now in progress
Confirm: SSL error:self signed certificate in certificate chain-Continue? (y) 
GETCH: Got 0x6e.
LYReadCmdKey(4) ->n (0x6e)
- NO.
HTTP: Unable to complete SSL handshake for 
'https://www.progressive.org/radiodaily', SSL_connect=-1, SSL error stack dump 
follows
HTTP: SSL: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate 
verify failed

Alert!: Unable to make secure connection to remote host.

stop_curses: done.
LYRemoveTemp(/var/tmp/00023297aa/L23297-224TMP.html)
...LYRemoveTemp done(0)
LYCleanupTemp removing /var/tmp/00023297aa