spaces not supported in authentication data

Bug #962921 reported by Filip Zyzniewski
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corkscrew (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

corkscrew uses scanf(fp, "%s", line) to read the authentication file. This causes the data to be truncated at first space character.

I have attached a patch that fixes this.

Tags: patch

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Filip Zyzniewski (filip-zyzniewski) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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tags: added: patch
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package corkscrew - 2.0-10

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corkscrew (2.0-10) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/compat
    - Update to 9.
  * debian/copyright
    - Update year.
  * debian/control
    - (Build-Depends): Update to debhelper 9.
    - (Standards-Version): Update to 3.9.4.
  * debian/patches
    - (30): New. Support spaces in authentication data. Patch thanks to
      Filip Zyzniewski <email address hidden> (LP: #962921).
  * debian/pod2man.mk
    - Remove sed, use --release option.

 -- Jari Aalto <email address hidden> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:35 +0300

Changed in corkscrew (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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