gitk crashes with X11 error for untrusted X11 connections
Bug #1280017 reported by
Martin Uecker
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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tk8.5 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
tk does not handle X11 errors correctly and fails with a xlib protocol error when used over an untrusted X11
connection ('ssh -X' with config 'ForwardX11Trusted no'):
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 15
This is related to upstream ticket:
New ticket [502e74e9ad] crash for untrusted X connections (for ssh: ForwardX11Trusted no).
which includes a proposed patch.
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