Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Another decode bug?

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:26:36 -0800
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:41:18PM -0600, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:
> This packet also seems to cause Ethereal to hang (both Windows and
> Linux).  Infinite loop in the COPS decoder?

Yes.

> Not sure if this one has already been discovered; I'm not running the
> latest CVS snapshot...

It hasn't; I've checked in a fix (plus cleanups for other cases where
there might be an infinite loop).  I've attached the patch.