Debian Bug report logs - #491400
w3m: Allocates all available memory on displaying http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: w3m: Allocates all available memory on displaying http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:26:18 +0200

Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.1-5.1
Severity: important

On opening http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html
(attached) w3m will start to allocate memory as fast as possible:
-------------------------------
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 3039232):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 7557120):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 18800640):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 56135680):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 167612416):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 417071104):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Out of Memory!  Returning NIL!
Segmentation fault
-------------------------------

This also applies to 0.5.2-2+b1.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/378632/2004-10-15/2004-10-21/0

cu andreas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgc1c2               1:6.8-1           conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgpmg1               1.19.6-25         General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5            5.5-5             Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8c-4etch3     SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-13        compression library - runtime

Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20070303   Common CA Certificates PEM files

Message #10 received at 491400@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>

To: 491400@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#491400: w3m: Allocates all available memory on displaying http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:46:08 +0200

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On 2008-07-19 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> On opening http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html
> (attached)

There you go, atacment included now.
cu andreas

[lynx_die1.html (text/html, attachment)]

Message #15 received at 491400@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: d+deb@vdr.jp

To: 491400@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: w3m: Allocates all available memory on displaying http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:22 +0900

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tags 491400 + patch
thanks

upstream provides fix patch.

http://www.sic.med.tohoku.ac.jp/~satodai/w3m-dev/201007.month/4348.html
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Regards,
	dai

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Message #22 received at 491400-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>

To: 491400-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#491400: fixed in w3m 0.5.2-9

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:47:47 +0000

Source: w3m
Source-Version: 0.5.2-9

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
w3m, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

w3m-img_0.5.2-9_i386.deb
  to main/w/w3m/w3m-img_0.5.2-9_i386.deb
w3m_0.5.2-9.debian.tar.gz
  to main/w/w3m/w3m_0.5.2-9.debian.tar.gz
w3m_0.5.2-9.dsc
  to main/w/w3m/w3m_0.5.2-9.dsc
w3m_0.5.2-9_i386.deb
  to main/w/w3m/w3m_0.5.2-9_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 491400@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org> (supplier of updated w3m package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:50:25 +0900
Source: w3m
Binary: w3m w3m-img
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.5.2-9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>
Changed-By: Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>
Description: 
 w3m        - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support
 w3m-img    - inline image extension support utilities for w3m
Closes: 387751 438260 491400 492290 562824
Changes: 
 w3m (0.5.2-9) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/patches/010_upstream.patch: Sync with the upstream development
     snapshot on 2010-08-04.
     - Check width, rows and cols to prevent a large memory allocation.
       (Closes: #491400, #492290)
   * debian/patches/040_maximum-cols.patch: Patch from upstream to define
     MAXIMUM_COLS to check COLS. (Closes: #387751)
   * debian/patches/030_pager-s-option.patch: Change the -s option from
     "display charset Shift_JIS" to "squeeze multiple blank lines" to work
     as /usr/bin/pager. (rejected upstream)
   * debian/README.Debian: Mention the -s option difference.
   * debian/rules: Set INSTALL_W3MIMGDISPLAY to not use install -s.
     (Closes: #438260)
   * debian/rules, debian/w3m-img.files, debian/w3m-img.postinst,
     debian/w3m-img.prerm: Don't use dpkg-statoverride. (Closes: #562824)
   * debian/rules, debian/w3m-img.lintian-overrides: Install lintian override
     to ignore the setgid-binary warning.
   * debian/postrm: Removed.
   * debian/dirs, debian/rules: Install the Bonus directory.
   * debian/docs: Add doc/README.passwd.
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