** Description changed:
- Ubuntu Yakkety
+ Impact
+ ------
+ The Chess app in Ubuntu 16.10 will crash when trying to promote a pawn.
+
+ gnome-chess is not installed by default by any current Ubuntu flavors.
+
+ Test Case
+ ---------
+ 1. Open the Chess app and click Preferences in the app menu. Change Opposing
Player to Human. Close Preferences.
+ 2. Make a move then click New Game to start a new game without a computer
player.
+ 3. Move a pawn to the far end of the board to promote it to Queen.
+
+ Does Chess crash after promoting?
+
+ Regression Potential
+ --------------------
+ Low.
+
+ Other Info
+ ----------
+ I discussed this patch with Michael Catanzaro, the gnome-chess maintainer who
had this to say:
+ "That patch is one way to work around it... the workaround I used in Fedora
is to not use any hardening flags when compiling the package. If anyone's
computer gets hacked because someone finds a way to get code execution via
malformed Portable Game Notation, then accept my apologies in advance. ;)"
+
+ This only affect Ubuntu 16.10 since that was the first release where we
+ opted gnome-chess into all available hardening flags.
** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium => High
** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
** Also affects: gnome-chess (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Description changed:
Impact
------
The Chess app in Ubuntu 16.10 will crash when trying to promote a pawn.
gnome-chess is not installed by default by any current Ubuntu flavors.
Test Case
---------
1. Open the Chess app and click Preferences in the app menu. Change Opposing
Player to Human. Close Preferences.
2. Make a move then click New Game to start a new game without a computer
player.
3. Move a pawn to the far end of the board to promote it to Queen.
Does Chess crash after promoting?
Regression Potential
--------------------
- Low.
+ Low. This patch only affects pawn promotion which currently causes the game
to crash so this is definitely an improvement.
Other Info
----------
I discussed this patch with Michael Catanzaro, the gnome-chess maintainer who
had this to say:
"That patch is one way to work around it... the workaround I used in Fedora
is to not use any hardening flags when compiling the package. If anyone's
computer gets hacked because someone finds a way to get code execution via
malformed Portable Game Notation, then accept my apologies in advance. ;)"
This only affect Ubuntu 16.10 since that was the first release where we
opted gnome-chess into all available hardening flags.
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