[SOLVED] Need help! Apache core dumps when running startssl

[Andreas Widerøe Andersen]

On 8/8/06, Andreas Widerøe Andersen <wodfer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8/8/06, Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > --- Andreas Wider�e Andersen <wodfer at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > On 8/8/06, cknipe at savage.za.org
> > > < cknipe at savage.za.org> wrote:
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> > > > Quoting Andreas Wider�e Andersen
> > > <wodfer at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > > On 8/8/06, cknipe at savage.za.org
> > > <cknipe at savage.za.org> wrote:
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> > > > > > Quoting Andreas Wider�e Andersen
> > > < wodfer at gmail.com>:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
> > > symbols found)...(no
> > > > > > debugging
> > > > > > > symbols found)...
> > > > > > > Program received signal SIGPIPE, Broken
> > > pipe.
> > > > > > > 0x2810b1e8 in writev () from
> > > /usr/lib/libc.so.4
> > > > > > > (gdb)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And there's your problem.  Some library did
> > > not link to libc
> > > > properly.  Do
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > backtrace and a step, it will tell you which
> > > module is failing.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've had numerous problems like this in the
> > > past (mostly with mod_php
> > > > > > though),
> > > > > > recompiling the modules that gave errors
> > > sorted them out.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I doubt this is a mod_ssl issue.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks. How do I find out which module is
> > > creating these problems? and
> > > > can I
> > > > > just recompile? I mean, what if it's a system
> > > module...
> > > >
> > > > As I said,  use a backtrace
> > > >
> > > > gdb httpd httpd.core
> > > > run -X -DSSL
> > > > bt
> > > > step
> > > >
> > > > It should show you right up to the very line of
> > > code in the module that is
> > > > causing the crash...
> > >
> > >
> > > This is what I get now:
> > >
> > > (gdb) bt
> > > #0  0x283d1d61 in bn_mul_add_words () from
> > > /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.4
> > > #1  0x8 in ?? ()
> > > Error accessing memory address 0x55b7d3a2: Bad
> > > address.
> > > (gdb) step
> > > Single stepping until exit from function
> > > bn_mul_add_words,
> > > which has no line number information.
> > >
> > > Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation
> > > fault.
> > > The program no longer exists.
> > > (gdb) bt
> > > No stack.
> >
> > OpenSSL shared libraries are the culprit. Try
> > installing some other version of openssl and please
> > remember to build shared objects, IIRC it is
> > ./config --enable-shared
> > or something.
> >
> > That shud take care of ur problem.
> >
> > Best,
> > Girish
>
>
I went into /usr/ports/security/openssl and did a make deinstall and then
make reinstall and it worked! Now things are back normal again.

Thanks a lot for all your help. Very much appreciated!!!

Best regards from sunny Norway,
Andreas