vlc crashes on FTP URL without path

Bug #465560 reported by GOlaf
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
VLC media player
Fix Released
High
Rémi Denis-Courmont
vlc (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vlc

When trying to open a file via network - FTP, in Kubuntu 9.10

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 30 21:56:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
Package: vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/vlc
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x183fb7 <strstr+23>: movzbl (%edx),%eax
 PC (0x00183fb7) ok
 source "(%edx)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: vlc
Stacktrace:
 #0 0x00183fb7 in strstr () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 No symbol table info available.
 #1 0x062228cb in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_ftp_plugin.so
 No symbol table info available.
StacktraceTop:
 strstr () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_ftp_plugin.so
Title: vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in strstr()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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GOlaf (olaf-ripegard) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:*__GI_strstr (haystack_start=0x0, needle_start=0x6224a0b ";type=")
parseURL (url=0x86a7be0, path=<value optimized out>)
InOpen (p_this=0x86a7b38) at ftp.c:338
__module_need (p_this=0x86a7b38,
__access_New (p_obj=0x86e6e10, psz_access=0x86e70c8 "ftp",

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
summary: - vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in strstr()
+ vlc crashes on FTP URL without path
Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vlc:
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)
milestone: none → 1.0.6
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in vlc:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
visibility: private → public
Changed in vlc:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package vlc - 1.0.6-1ubuntu1

---------------
vlc (1.0.6-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - build and install the libx264 plugin
    - add Xb-Npp header to vlc package
    - Add patches 519-526 to fix FTBFS with xulruner-1.9.2 from upstream
    - Add 600-drop-OJI-xul-192.patch to drop OJI support as xulrunner-1.9.2 on
      Linux doesn't support it
    - Add apport hook to include more vlc dependencies in bug reports
    - Drop --sourcedir=debian/tmp from dh_install to install apport hook
  * Drop 527-spanish-desktop.patch (merged upstream).

vlc (1.0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version 1.0.6
    + VideoLAN-SA-1003
    + Closes: #578799
    + LP: #408719, #464715, #465560, #502637, #525278, #542943, #568859
  * RTMP access module has been removed (vlc-nox.install, NEWS.Debian)
  * Remove patches merged upstream
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:16:15 +0200

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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