xchat assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: xchat terminated

[Bálint Magyar]

Binary package hint: xchat

This can be consistently reproduced by connecting to a server, joining a channel and typing /exec -o cat /dev/urandom

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** stack smashing detected ***: xchat terminated
Date: Tue Mar 23 21:19:22 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xchat
Package: xchat 2.8.6-4ubuntu4
ProcCmdline: xchat
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: xchat
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 __strtoul_internal () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 _IO_file_seekoff () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ether_ntohost () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: xchat assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: xchat terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 __strtoul_internal () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 _IO_file_seekoff () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ether_ntohost () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

This has been reported to the developers of the software, you can make comments and track the status at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3315868&group_id=239&atid=100239