Bug#137823: marked as forwarded (BibTeX segfaults with buggy aux file)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #137823,
regarding BibTeX segfaults with buggy aux file
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author(s) Olaf Weber <olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl>.
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To: Olaf Weber <olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl>
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Subject: BibTeX segfaults under rare conditions
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Hi Olaf, hi Oren
(I faintly remember that Oren's address in bibtex.web didn't work)
bibtex segfaults when run over the aux file of the LaTeX file I attach
below. The LaTeX file is buggy itself - using $$ instead of \( \) fixes
it. But bibtex should complain about an unreadable aux file, not
segfault.=20
$ bibtex --version
BibTeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 0.99c
kpathsea version 3.4.5
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Oren Patashnik.
Kpathsea is copyright (C) 1997-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is
covered by the terms of both the BibTeX copyright and
the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files
named COPYING and the BibTeX source.
Primary author of BibTeX: Oren Patashnik.
Kpathsea written by Karl Berry and others.
$ cat bug.tex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t]
\caption{ \( (0,0) \), \( Y_{a} \). For \( y>0 \) \( A(x,y)=3Dy^{2} \)=
, \( y\leq 0 \), \( A(x,y)=3D0 \).
\( y=3D0 \). \( Y_{a} \) . \( y>0 \) \( A(x,y)=3Dy^{3} \), for \( y\leq 0 =
\), \( A(x,y)=3D0 \).
\( y=3D0 \). \( Y_{a} \). \( A(x,y)=3D\tan (\frac{\tau x}{2\max (x)})\tan=
(\frac{\sigma y}{2\max (y)}) \).
}
\end{figure}
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\bibliography{137823}
\end{document}
$ latex bug.tex >/dev/null
$ bibtex bug
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.4.5)
The top-level auxiliary file: 137823.aux
The style file: unsrt.bst
Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 5000
Segmentation fault
Regards, Frank
--=20
Frank K=FCster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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