[Bro-Dev] #643: Bro segfaults when giving invalid option to -B

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#643: Bro segfaults when giving invalid option to -B
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 Reporter:  amannb  |       Type:  Problem
   Status:  new     |   Priority:  Normal
Milestone:          |  Component:  Bro
  Version:          |   Keywords:
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 Bro segfaults, when the -B flag is used with an invalid identifier

 {{{

 wifi188:la bernhard$ gdb --args bro -B evilString broping-record.bro

 ...
 Starting program: /Users/bernhard/sw/bin/bro -B evilString broping-
 record.bro
 Reading symbols for shared libraries +++++++......................... done

 Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
 Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000010
 0x000000010026798c in std::list<std::pair<Location const*, Location
 const*>, std::allocator<std::pair<Location const*, Location const*> >
 >::begin (this=0x10) at stl_list.h:592
 592           { return const_iterator(this->_M_impl._M_node._M_next); }
 (gdb) bt
 #0  0x000000010026798c in std::list<std::pair<Location const*, Location
 const*>, std::allocator<std::pair<Location const*, Location const*> >
 >::begin (this=0x10) at stl_list.h:592
 #1  0x0000000100267b8a in std::list<std::pair<Location const*, Location
 const*>, std::allocator<std::pair<Location const*, Location const*> >
 >::size (this=0x10) at stl_list.h:660
 #2  0x000000010026429c in Reporter::DoLog (this=0x0, prefix=0x100415c82
 "internal error", event=@0x7fff5fbfeea0, out=0x7fff7a8ae580, conn=0x0,
 addl=0x0, location=true, time=false, fmt=0x10040c9b3 "unknown debug stream
 %s\n", ap=0x7fff5fbfee88) at Reporter.cc:191
 #3  0x0000000100266ac1 in Reporter::InternalError (this=0x0,
 fmt=0x10040c9b3 "unknown debug stream %s\n") at Reporter.cc:97
 #4  0x00000001001683b0 in DebugLogger::EnableStreams (this=0x10052bb20,
 s=0x7fff5fbffcce "evilString") at DebugLogger.cc:75
 #5  0x00000001000cc220 in main (argc=4, argv=0x7fff5fbffb98) at
 main.cc:642
 (gdb) q
 The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y
 }}}

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