Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] File Save-As question

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:21:26 -0700 (PDT)
> > 	Also when I attempted to follow the TCP stream it core'd
> > (Segmentation fault) with or without a packet selected.  It did that in
> > 0.6.1 also.
> 
> There was, if I remember, a bug in one of the earlier 0.7[.x] releases
> wherein it'd dump core in "Follow TCP Stream", but that one got fixed;
> it looks as if there's another bug.

There is, but it was introduced by the OpenBSD folks when they put in a
(presumably security-related) change to the follow-stream code (using
"mkstemp()" to create the temporary file).  Putting in (a variant of)
that change produces a version that'll probably blow up on any "follow
stream" operation.