gconf-editor crashed with SIGABRT when given bad filename on cmdline

[Steve Brown]

Binary package hint: gconf-editor

gconf-editor 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 (natty).
Simply run the command
$ gconf-editor THIS-FILE-DOES-NOT-EXIST
and it crashes.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gconf-editor 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Apr 9 07:50:04 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gconf-editor
ProcCmdline: gconf-editor THIS-FILE-DOES-NOT-EXIST
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gconf-editor
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 g_assertion_message (domain=0x0, file=0x80601a4 "gconf-tree-model.c", line=59, func=0x80601c0 "gconf_tree_model_get_tree_path_from_gconf_path", message=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1358
 g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x0, file=0x80601a4 "gconf-tree-model.c", line=59, func=0x80601c0 "gconf_tree_model_get_tree_path_from_gconf_path", expr=0x8060196 "key[0] == '/'") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1369
Title: gconf-editor crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-04 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip eeeuser fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare tape video
XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:1397): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed

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StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 g_assertion_message (domain=0x0, file=0x80601a4 "gconf-tree-model.c", line=59, func=0x80601c0 "gconf_tree_model_get_tree_path_from_gconf_path", message=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1358
 g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x0, file=0x80601a4 "gconf-tree-model.c", line=59, func=0x80601c0 "gconf_tree_model_get_tree_path_from_gconf_path", expr=0x8060196 "key[0] == '/'") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1369

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.
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[dino99 (9d9)]

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