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evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_ascii_strcasecmp()

Bug #358104 reported by Joe Barnett
24
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Evolution
Fix Released
Critical
evolution (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

evolution been crashing quite a bit in jaunty as of april 8, 2009

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evolution 2.26.0-0ubuntu3
ProcCmdline: evolution --component=mail
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: evolution
StacktraceTop:
 IA__g_ascii_strcasecmp (s1=0x19 <Address 0x19 out of bounds>,
 efh_format_message (emf=0x9173730, stream=0x91cc410,
 efh_format_exec (m=0x92cc810) at em-format-html.c:1274
 mail_msg_proxy (msg=0x92cc810) at mail-mt.c:520
 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy (data=0x90da9d8)
Title: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_ascii_strcasecmp()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio bioapi cdrom dialout dip disk floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access pulse-rt scanner staff usbfs video

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/evolution
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Joe Barnett (thejoe) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:IA__g_ascii_strcasecmp (s1=0x19 <Address 0x19 out of bounds>,
efh_format_message (emf=0x9173730, stream=0x91cc410,
efh_format_exec (m=0x92cc810) at em-format-html.c:1274
mail_msg_proxy (msg=0x92cc810) at mail-mt.c:520
g_thread_pool_thread_proxy (data=0x90da9d8)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
visibility: private → public
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578685

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
status: Unknown → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.26.0-0ubuntu5

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evolution (2.26.0-0ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/92_incorrect_free_crasher.patch:
    - don't try to free a static string should fix lot of recent crashers
      (lp: #358104, #358223, #358615)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:39:19 +0200

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
status: New → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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