[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#758197: Bug#758197: libssl-dev: libssl segfaults when called SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method()).

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:04:19PM +0200, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote:
> Package: libssl-dev
> Version: 1.0.1i-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When calling SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method()), libssl crashes with stack
> smash detected. After some time debugging with gdb, I have pinpointed that this
> happens in ssleay_rand_add function in md_rand.c.

This is most likely an error in the program you're using.  If that
would crash, nothing that tries to use SSL would work.


Kurt