[rfc] Do not crash reading UPX binaries

[Ismail Dönmez]

On Monday 02 July 2007 00:55:49 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> This patch issues an error instead of a segfault on the testcase
> in PR 2280.  UPX is a binary compression system; it's infamous for
> producing very strange files, which are only "just valid enough".
> In this case, it claims that the symbol table is at a large offset
> in a very small file.
>
> I don't think it's worth supporting files this modified.  Does anyone
> think we need to do better, or shall I check in the attached?

Please not that attached gdbupx is from a security advisory [0] [1] but it 
looks like a simple DoS.

[0] http://blog.xwings.net/?p=71
[1] http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/922

Regards,
ismail

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