Bug 8000 - Linuxconf core dumps
Summary: Linuxconf core dumps
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: linuxconf
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-12-26 12:21 UTC by narr0w
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-01-18 15:34:27 UTC

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Description narr0w 1999-12-26 12:21:45 UTC 
1) Run: echo `perl -e '$x="A"x300; print "search $x\n";'`
>>/etc/resolv.conf
2) Now run linuxconf and go to DNS Configuration.
3) Linuxconf core dumps
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-01-18 15:34:59 UTC 
This particular overflow (and a few others) should be fixed in
linuxconf-1.17r1 and later, which is now in Raw Hide.  Thanks
for the heads-up.
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