Bug 678750 - boinc_client crashes on startup: *** buffer overflow detected ***: boinc_client terminated
Summary: boinc_client crashes on startup: *** buffer overflow detected ***: boinc_clie...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 678749
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: boinc-client
Version: 14
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Milos Jakubicek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-19 10:10 UTC by Stefan Parviainen
Modified: 2011-02-19 19:53 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-02-19 10:20:37 UTC
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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.
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