Bug#779397: xterm: buffer overflow with -S option
Package: xterm
Version: 312-1
Severity: important
Tags: security
$ xterm -S/dev/pts/20
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/xterm terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x731ff)[0x7f4de0b1b1ff]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f4de0b9e4c7]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0xf46e0)[0x7f4de0b9c6e0]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__stpncpy_chk+0x0)[0x7f4de0b9bb40]
/usr/bin/xterm[0x408eb0]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7f4de0ac9b45]
/usr/bin/xterm[0x408f9c]
======= Memory map: ========
[...]
Not sure whether this is a security issue, but a buffer overflow
looks really wrong...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-15
ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
ii libutempter0 1.1.5-4
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.12-2+b1
ii libxft2 2.3.2-1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-1
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii xbitmaps 1.1.1-2
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii x11-utils 7.7+2
Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn xfonts-cyrillic <none>
-- no debconf information
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