Comment 2 for bug 111491

Package: vnc4
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi

Thanks for the report. I'm creating a Debian bug now.

Regards,

// Ola

On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:09:32PM -0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> When using Xdmx as a client for Xvnc, when typing $, (as an example of symbol which requires a modifier key to type, Shift + 4 on a UK keyboard),
> the VNC server segfaults.
>
> Its a null-pointer de-reference, so probably not security critical.
>
> I worked up a fix, and it was accepted in SuSE (where I originally
> discovered the bug). Its reproducable on Ubuntu.
>
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268074
>
> ** Affects: vnc4 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
> ** Affects: vnc4 (Suse)
> Importance: Unknown
> Status: Unknown
>
> --
> Segfault in Xvnc when modifier key is used with Xdmx as a client
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111491
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