mutt/2011: Some variables can be changed from the help screen. (SEGV!) (pending)
>Number: 2011
>Notify-List:
>Category: mutt
>Synopsis: Some variables can be changed from the help screen. (SEGV!)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: normal
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: mutt-dev
>State: open
>Keywords:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 29 17:57:12 +0200 2005
>Originator: Tamo
>Release: 1.5.9
>Organization:
http://www.momonga-linux.org/
>Environment:
any
>Description:
Some dangerous variables can be changed from within the help.
This causes SEGV.
A segv occurs if you press 'q' after
mutt -RnF /dev/null -e 'push "?:set sort=reverse-threads\n"'
Because the value is changed even if the pager
complains "Not available in this menu."
>How-To-Repeat:
mutt -RnF /dev/null -e 'push "?:set sort=reverse-threads\n"'
>Fix:
grep CHECK_PAGER in
http://www.momonga-linux.org/~tamo/patch-1.5.9.tamo.comval.7
>Add-To-Audit-Trail:
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