[Libevent-users] Crash in httpd

[Kevin Ko]

The line numbers in the back trace correspond to the 1.2 release of
libevent.   Is there a version number mishap?

Kevin

On 5/22/07, Nisan Bloch ­ Clickatell <nisan.bloch at clickatell.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi
>
>  If one is using the http server module in libevent1.3b, sending malformed
> headers causes a segfault.
>  This is easy to replicate, just telnet to the httpd port and type some
> junk.
>
>   Here is a back trace
>  #0  0x0040e43e in evhttp_handle_request (req=0x0, arg=0x82696a8) at
> http.c:1242
>  #1  0x0040f011 in evhttp_connection_fail (evcon=0x8268cb0) at http.c:333
>  #2  0x0040f262 in evhttp_read_header (fd=25, what=2, arg=0x8268cb0) at
> http.c:949
>  #3  0x0040af84 in event_base_loop (base=0x8268398, flags=Variable "flags"
> is not available.
>  ) at event.c:309
>  #4  0x0040b165 in event_loop (flags=136746664) at event.c:358
>  #5  0x0040b189 in event_dispatch () at event.c:321
>  #6  0x080505b6 in ServerMain (pSrvConfig=0x8220400) at ServerMain.c:125
>  #7  0x0804eeba in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffaa4) at main.c:286
>  (gdb)
>
>
>  I am not sure whether this should be patched in evhttp_handle_request  or
> evhttp_connection_fail .
>
>
>
>  Thanks
>
>
>  Nisan
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