[info-performer] Still a bug in libpfdu : pfdLoadFile.c

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From: Alexander Lechner (alexander.lechner++at++vertigo-systems.de)
Date: 08/21/2003 04:16:40

Hi all!

Although I already reported the bug some time ago, in the latest Performer
versions the bug is still there.
Affected OS: Linux (maybe more)
Distro: all
Compiler: gcc2 and gcc3
Sympton: If you have a very long LD_LIBRARY_PATH Performer crashes in
          _pfdFindConverterDSO in pfdLoadFile.c

Reason: In line 514 a "newPath" is allocated, but not with enough memory for
the following sprintf. In the last "#else /* is O32 */ clause the variable
"libraryPath" is sprintfed twice, but allocated is memory for only one.
See line 550.
A solution is to allocate "2*strlen(libraryPath)" in line 514.
It would be great if this (slightly annoying) bug could be fix for the next
version. Otherwise we always have to recompile libpfdu and cannot use an
"off-the-shelve version."

Thanks in advance!

Alex 

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