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Bug #44938 gettext functions crash with long strings
Submitted: 2008-05-07 20:34 UTC Modified: 2008-10-30 14:28 UTC
From: hoffie at gentoo dot org Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Gettext related
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-05-07 20:34 UTC] hoffie at gentoo dot org 
Description:
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Has this ever been addressed? 5.2.6 still crashes.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483648/30/0/threaded

Reproduce code:
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$ php -r 'dgettext(str_repeat("A",8476509),"hi");'

(See $URL for more examples)

Expected result:
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No crash...

Actual result:
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Segmentation fault

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 [2008-10-30 14:28 UTC] lstrojny@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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