Bug 678750

Summary: boinc_client crashes on startup: *** buffer overflow detected ***: boinc_client terminated
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stefan Parviainen <pafcu>
Component: boinc-clientAssignee: Milos Jakubicek <xjakub>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 14CC: cheekyboinc, mmahut, xjakub
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Description Stefan Parviainen 2011-02-19 10:10:07 UTC 
Created attachment 479661 [details]
Output of "boinc_client"

Description of problem:
When running boinc_client a buffer overflow is detected and the program is terminated.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
6.10.58 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run "boinc_client"
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Actual results:
Error message and backtrace (attached)

Expected results:
Program should start correctly

Additional info:
I'm unable to test if the error appears when run as non-root due to Bug 678749.
Comment 1 Milos Jakubicek 2011-02-19 10:20:37 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 678749 ***
Comment 2 Stefan Parviainen 2011-02-19 19:53:15 UTC 
This was marked as a duplicate of bug 678749, marked NOTABUG. Does this mean that this report is also considered NOTABUG? Surely a buffer overflow is something that should be handled, even if the program is started incorrectly. I think that instead of a buffer overflow and a backtrace an informative error message should be displayed.