sed segfaults on L command with long address lengths
Bug #1400575 reported by
Jodie Cunningham
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sed (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
To reproduce, run:
sed 'L222222' <<<d
These do not segfault:
sed 'L22222' <<<d
sed 'L2222222222222
I do not have any expected behavior for this as it was just found by the fuzzer AFL.
System is AMD64
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
sed:
Installed: 4.2.2-4ubuntu1
Candidate: 4.2.2-4ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 4.2.2-4ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
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Jodie Cunningham, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. This is reproducible as per https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ sed/+bug/ 1400611 . Hence, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem to them by e-mailing <email address hidden> CC <email address hidden> as per the man page?
Thank you for your understanding.