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Description of problem: --- a/tcpslice-1.2a3/tcpslice.c +++ b/tcpslice-1.2a3/tcpslice.c @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ while (isdigit(*t_stop)) ++t_stop; - if (! t_stop) + if (! *t_stop) error("bad date format %s, problem starting at %s", time_string, t_start); Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tcpdump-4.0.0-3.20090921gitdf3cb4.1.el6 Additional info: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
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Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Previously, the "start-time" command-line argument of the tcpslice utility was parsed incorrectly. As a consequence, the utility produced error messages every time the command-line argument was used. With this update, the "start-time" command-line argument is parsed correctly, and an error message is displayed only if "start-time" is defined in an incorrect format.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1 +1 @@ -Previously, the "start-time" command-line argument of the tcpslice utility was parsed incorrectly. As a consequence, the utility produced error messages every time the command-line argument was used. With this update, the "start-time" command-line argument is parsed correctly, and an error message is displayed only if "start-time" is defined in an incorrect format.+Do not document
REVERSE_INULL defect is now fixed in tcpdupm-4.0.0 - confirmed by the Coverity scan of rhel-6.3. If there is no other reason to keep this report, it may be closed.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0414.html