Bug 65308

Summary: Buffer overflow in FvwmScript Swallow widget
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Karl Hakimian <hakimian>
Component: fvwm2Assignee: Than Ngo <than>
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This is a patch for the Swallow widget that will fix the problem. none

Description Karl Hakimian 2002-05-21 19:30:06 UTC 
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Description of problem:
A static size is allocated to copy a window title into. A window with a larger
size will case an overflow. Since most web browsers put the title of the web
page in the window, a web site can cause an overflow in an FvwmScript that uses
the Swallow module. This can at least cause a denial of service problem. It may
allow a more serious compromise

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use the FvwmScript Swallow widget.
2.open a window with more than 100 characters in the title.
3.watch the crash
	

Actual Results:  FvwmScript dumps core

Expected Results:  Depends on the script, but probably nothing noticeable to the
user.

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Comment 1 Karl Hakimian 2002-05-21 19:31:52 UTC 
Created attachment 58125 [details]
This is a patch for the Swallow widget that will fix the problem.
Comment 2 Ngo Than 2002-06-02 17:16:28 UTC 
thanks for your patch file. I will make errata in next days
Comment 3 Mikhael Goikhman 2002-07-04 22:44:16 UTC 
This patch is applied to both stable (fvwm-2.4.9-cvs) and unstable (fvwm-2.5.3-cvs) branches.

Regards,
Mikhael.
Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2006-08-07 17:39:35 UTC 
Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
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Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do
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Please check if this issue is still present in a current Fedora Core
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closed as 'CANTFIX' on September 30, 2006. Thanks again for your help.
Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2006-10-18 14:39:56 UTC 
Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Closing as CANTFIX.