[Bug 2095035] Re: lastcomm buffer overflow detected terminated

[Simon Quigley]

This fix has been sponsored to Plucky, with some slight changes to the
DEP-3 header.

If you're interested in a stable release update, could you please follow
the SRU process and re-subscribe Ubuntu Sponsors when you're ready?
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/

Thanks in advance!

** Changed in: acct (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed

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Title:
  lastcomm buffer overflow detected terminated

Status in Acct:
  New
Status in acct package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  $ lastcomm
  atopacctd              root     __         0.00 secs Tue Jan 14 10:36
  *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
  Aborted (core dumped)
  Exit 134

  $ lastcomm -f /dev/null
  $ 

  $ ls -al /var/log/account/
  total 20
  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Jan 15 12:17 ./
  drwxrwxr-x 21 root syslog 12288 Jan 15 13:18 ../
  -rw-r-----  1 root adm      704 Jan 15 12:17 pacct

  
  $ ls -al /var/crash
  total 88
  drwxrwsrwt  2 root    whoopsie  4096 Jan 15 12:18 ./
  drwxr-xr-x 15 root    root      4096 Sep 20 03:21 ../
  -rw-r-----  1 root    whoopsie 39075 Jan 15 12:17 _usr_bin_lastcomm.0.crash
  -rw-r-----  1 idallen whoopsie 39185 Jan 15 12:18 _usr_bin_lastcomm.1000.crash

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: acct 6.6.4-5build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-51.52-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-51-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Jan 15 13:39:39 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-08 (1590 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  SourcePackage: acct
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-11-28 (49 days ago)

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