[Pkg-silc-devel] Bug#482145: silc segfaults if i delay accepting a server's key until after the server drops the connection

[Micah Anderson]

* Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg-debian.org at fifthhorseman.net> [2008-06-20 17:51-0400]:
> Package: silc
> Version: 1.1.4-1+b1
> Severity: normal
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> Using the regular silc client (built as a standalone, not with the
> irssi plugin), if i connect to a new server, the server's fingerprint
> is presented to me, with the "minibuffer" reading "Would you like to
> accept the key (y/n)?"
> 
> If i wait a minute or two, the server will drop the connection.  If i
> then go ahead and choose "y", i get a segmentation fault.

This same behavior happens with the irssi-plugin. Additionally, if you
choose 'n' you get the segfault, it just has to do with the server
timeout. You are forced to pick one of the two options even when the
server times out, and both produce a segfault. 

micah
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