ksniff assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: ksniff terminated

Bug #472971 reported by BGGR
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ksniffer (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ksniffer

not starting capture

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** buffer overflow detected ***: ksniff terminated
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Nov 3 18:42:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ksniff
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ksniffer 0.3.2-1ubuntu3
ProcCmdline: ksniff /tmp/kde-root/ksniffer.xml
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: ksniffer
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 *__GI_raise (sig=6)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2,
 *__GI___fortify_fail (
Title: ksniff assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: ksniff terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio avahi avahi-autoipd backup bin cdrom chipcard clamav crontab daemon dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse games gnats haldaemon irc klog kmem libuuid list lp lpadmin mail man messagebus mlocate netdev news operator plugdev polkituser postdrop postfix proxy pulse pulse-access sambashare saned sasl shadow src ssh ssl-cert staff sudo sys syslog tape tty users utmp uucp video voice winbindd_priv www-data

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BGGR (bg-freemail) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:__kernel_vsyscall ()
*__GI_raise (sig=6)
*__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
__libc_message (do_abort=2,
*__GI___fortify_fail (

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in ksniffer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

Reproduced on lucid, confirming.

visibility: private → public
Changed in ksniffer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: karmic lucid
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

Reproduced on maverick as well.

tags: added: maverick
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version is outdated and no more supported

Changed in ksniffer (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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