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--- Begin Message ---Package: knews Version: 1.0b.1-12 Severity: normal Reading a news article containing null characters will hang knews. The code assumes this will never happen, but I have encountered several articles with null characters. One example is: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in nl.auto The following patch replaces null characters by spaces, thereby avoiding the problem: --- knews-1.0b.1/src/server.c.orig 1998-01-09 18:16:22.000000000 +0100 +++ knews-1.0b.1/src/server.c 2004-01-11 21:49:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int server_write(SERVER *server, char *m long server_read_raw(SERVER *server) { long n, len, i; + char *p, *end; n = server->curr_pos + strlen(server->buffer + server->curr_pos); len = server->len - n; @@ -310,8 +311,13 @@ long server_read_raw(SERVER *server) } i = read(server->fd, server->buffer + n, len); - if (i >= 0) - server->buffer[n + i] = '\0'; + if (i >= 0) { + p = server->buffer + n; + end = p + i; + *end = '\0'; + while (p += strlen(p), p < end) + *p++ = ' '; /* replace null characters by space */ + } return i; } -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux zaphod 2.6.1 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 11:39:52 CET 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages knews depends on: ii debconf 1.3.22 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-24 Compress/decompress images for mai ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpng3 1.2.1-1.1.woody.3 PNG library - runtime ii sharutils 1:4.2.1-10 shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode ii xlibs 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody2 X Window System client libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1-3 compression library - runtime -- debconf information excluded
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--- Begin Message ---Source: knews Source-Version: 1.0b.1-22 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of knews, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: knews_1.0b.1-22.diff.gz to pool/main/k/knews/knews_1.0b.1-22.diff.gz knews_1.0b.1-22.dsc to pool/main/k/knews/knews_1.0b.1-22.dsc knews_1.0b.1-22_i386.deb to pool/main/k/knews/knews_1.0b.1-22_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated knews package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:02:05 +0000 Source: knews Binary: knews Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.0b.1-22 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: knews - Graphical threaded news reader Closes: 227259 414144 424606 Changes: knews (1.0b.1-22) unstable; urgency=low . * Add Portuguese debconf translation (thanks, Rui Branco; closes: #414144). * Update Spanish debconf translation (thanks, Carlos Galisteo de Cabo; closes: #424606). * Drop source-compatibility with woody. * Replace null characters in articles with spaces (thanks, Dick Streefland; closes: #227259). * Update to menu structure from menu 2.1.35. Files: 130baff7e06971a6b1e28730067a1e5f 753 news optional knews_1.0b.1-22.dsc e2996b373511e5c11695d6aed7e4d83b 15579 news optional knews_1.0b.1-22.diff.gz e2eab7f5118526b2475766fc7ffe82c4 241656 news optional knews_1.0b.1-22_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Debian developer iD8DBQFHODbc9t0zAhD6TNERAux/AJ90GKOmv/04SX2ZR6t9WF9/aE5THgCdH6GX ctvbrKXrWuadwDuVz22YBos= =uwsl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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