[Bug 308328] [NEW] xchat plugin segfaults pidgin when opening irc chats

[DaveAbrahams]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: pidgin-plugin-pack

To Reproduce: enable the xchats plugin.  Open an IRC chat. Boom

#0  0xb75572c3 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb75572c3 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1  0xb75413c5 in puts () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb60a4e0c in ?? () from /usr/lib/pidgin/xchat-chats.so
#3  0xb60a5244 in ?? () from /usr/lib/pidgin/xchat-chats.so
#4  0xb769f9cb in purple_conversation_new () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#5  0xb76d0024 in serv_got_joined_chat () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#6  0xb5fa431e in irc_msg_join () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
#7  0xb5f9fa83 in irc_parse_msg () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
#8  0xb5f9d3a7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
#9  0xb5f9d6ee in ?? () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
#10 0x080ad7bf in ?? ()
#11 0xb77b76fd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#12 0xb77806f8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#13 0xb7783da3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#14 0xb77842c2 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#15 0xb7a8f3a9 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#16 0x080caaaf in main ()

I'm also attaching an strace, FWIW


$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10

$ apt-cache policy pidgin-plugin-pack 
pidgin-plugin-pack:
  Installed: 2.2.0-1
  Candidate: 2.2.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.0-1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: purple-plugin-pack (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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xchat plugin segfaults pidgin when opening irc chats
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