[ nedit-Bugs-2858744 ] preferences.c contains a format string error

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Bugs item #2858744, was opened at 2009-09-14 13:28
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Evan Teran (eteran)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: preferences.c contains a format string error

Initial Comment:

my original post was accidentally submitted to the patches section, Sorry if this ends up being a dup.

nedit 5.5 has a format string error in preferences.c.

fprintf(stderr, "Could not read additional preferences file: ");
fprintf(stderr, filename);
fprintf(stderr, "\n");

This _should_ be

fprintf(stderr, "Could not read additional preferences file: %s\n",
filename);

This is crashable/exploitable (though there is little to nothing to be
gained by exploited it).

A demonstration of the crash is as simple as this:

nedit -import "%n"

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