Bug#690358: httping: free(): invalid pointer

2012-10-17 Thread Bob Proulx
severity 690358 grave thanks Because this is an invalid free and causes the program to crash making it unusable on at least amd64 and because I haven't received any other feedback I think this justifies a severity grave marking it as unsuitable for a release. Feel free to triage otherwise. Bob

Bug#690358: httping: free(): invalid pointer

2012-10-13 Thread Bob Proulx
tags 690358 + patch upstream thanks The problem is in the original code where hostname is free()'d. However hostname is not a valid pointer at that point for at least two cases. One is if it is passed as a command line argument using the option '-h hostname'. Neither is it a valid pointer when u

Bug#690358: httping: free(): invalid pointer

2012-10-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Package: httping Version: 1.5.4-1 Severity: normal Today's upgrade in Sid now crashes with the attached backtrace. Downgrading to 1.5.3-1 avoids the problem. $ httping -c 1 -g http://www.debian.org/ PING www.debian.org:80 (http://www.debian.org/): connected to 128.31.0.51:80 (422 bytes), se