Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.2-2+b1
Severity: normal
Another crash, observable on seemingly inoffensive web pages:
w3m http://mywebpages.comcast.net/boydmayberry/Bunnies.html
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 31006720):
May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 31006720):
May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
[etc until it segfaults]
All that's needed to replicate the effect is a horizontal rule with
a width above 4,358,143, as in the attached file.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.custom
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgc1c2 1:6.8-1.1 conservative garbage collector for
ii libgpm2 1.20.4-2 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-10.1 SSL shared libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20080617 Common CA certificates
Versions of packages w3m suggests:
ii man-db 2.5.2-2 on-line manual pager
pn menu <none> (no description available)
pn migemo <none> (no description available)
ii mime-support 3.44-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
pn w3m-el <none> (no description available)
pn w3m-img <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
Title: w3mkiller
