tcpprep crashes with a "buffer overflow detected" message

[Gordonjcp]

The tcpprep package shipped with 3.4.3 has a bug that causes it to crash with the following:
*** buffer overflow detected ***: tcpprep terminated

followed by a ream of backtrace and other not-astoundingly-helpful debug information.

The fix appears to be in src/common/cache.c change line 173 from:

strncpy(cache_header->version, CACHEVERSION, strlen(CACHEMAGIC));

to

strncpy(cache_header->version, CACHEVERSION, strlen(CACHEVERSION));

HTH
Gordonjcp

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gordonjcp (gordonjcp)]

Here is a patch that can be applied to cure this issue

[Gordonjcp (gordonjcp)]

Oh no it doesn't. Despite following the Debian instructions for creating a patch, it actually has the patch lines backwards.

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[Kostya Keeper (kostya-keeper)]

Correct patch, maked by quilt

[Kostya Keeper (kostya-keeper)]

And debdiff

Sorry for my bad English.