Re: [RP] cvs

[Joshua Neuheisel]

Unfortunately, there's still a seg-fault bringing down the nimble rat
killer.  It's a NULL-pointer dereference that can be exploited as described
below.  I've attached a new patch against the current cvs.  It appears in
certain programs with pop-up menus.  Maybe there aren't as many people using
ImageMagick as I thought...
Joshua

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Betts" <address@hidden>
To: "Joshua Neuheisel" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [RP] cvs


> "Joshua Neuheisel" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've got the latest CVS version (as of the time of this email), and I
still
> > get a
> > recurring seg fault.  Here's how to duplicate it:
> >
> > 1. Start ratpoison.
> > 2. Start a single (full-screen) xterm
> > 3. "display foo.pgm" or any other image file.  I'm using ImageMagick
just
> > for illustration purposes.
> > 4. Left-Click on the image to pull up the menu window.
> > 5. Click File->Exit.
> > 6. Watch as a seg fault brings down the rat killer.
>
> Thanks Joshua, the offending code has been removed. It did nothing and
> should never have been there.
>
> Shawn

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