Ubuntu
augeas package

unmatched [ causes segfault in augtool.c:63

Bug #736685 reported by Clint Byrum
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Augeas
Fix Released
Unknown
augeas (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

I reported this upstream here:

https://fedorahosted.org/augeas/ticket/186

augeas segfaults when you issue a command like

ls /files/etc/apache2/sites-available/default/VirtualHost/Directory[2]/directive[3

due to a null pointer dereference.

Tags: i386 natty

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/natty/augeas
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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote :

https://fedorahosted.org/augeas/ticket/186

Noting for bug tracker.

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James Page (james-page) wrote :

Confirmed (on Natty - worked just fine on Lucid):

jamespage@ubuntu-natty:/etc$ export AUGEAS_ROOT=/tmp/augeas-sandbox
jamespage@ubuntu-natty:/etc$ mkdir $AUGEAS_ROOT
jamespage@ubuntu-natty:/etc$ sudo cp -pr /etc $AUGEAS_ROOT
jamespage@ubuntu-natty:/etc$ sudo chown -R $(id -nu):$(id -ng) $AUGEAS_ROOT
jamespage@ubuntu-natty:/etc$ augtool -b
augtool> ls /files/etc/apache2/sites-available/default/VirtualHost/Directory[2]/directive[3
unmatched [
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Changed in augeas (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: i386 natty
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James Page (james-page) wrote :

Really annoying but does not impact functionality (only usability) so setting importance to 'Medium'.

Changed in augeas (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package augeas - 0.8.0-0ubuntu2

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augeas (0.8.0-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * src/augtool.c: Fix null pointer derefrence.
    (LP: #736685)
 -- Chuck Short <email address hidden> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:03:22 -0400

Changed in augeas (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in augeas:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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