Re: Bug #3027: error_log interpets % as printf formats and chrashes

On 22 Dec 1999 zot@zotconsulting.com wrote: > From: zot@zotconsulting.com > Operating system: Linux, FreeBSD > PHP version: 3.0.12 > PHP Bug Type: Reproduceable crash > Bug description: error_log interpets % as printf formats and chrashes > > error_log("'%eagle'"); > > produces in the apache error_log: > [Wed Dec 22 11:28:26 1999] [error] '5.318473e-315agle' > > other printf strings. In a sql statement of length it crashes > repeatedly on any query that has a %e %f %g %h %n > > My guess is error_log is taking from the next set of arguments, the > values for %. Thus it is causing a buffer overflow from time to time. > though error_log("'%etttt'"); shows the same scientific number as > eagle. I've come across this problem before -- I thought I saw Ken Coar patch this, however. I just did some checking: see http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php3?id=1955&edit=1 and this really long url http://bonsai.php.net/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&subdir=php3&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&file=main.c&rev1=1.504&rev2=1.505&root=/local/repository -adam -- / adam maccabee trachtenberg | visit college life online \ \ adam@student.net | http://www.student.com /