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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 95c8b88cb..d566bfe5b 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -769,7 +769,11 @@ void write_status_file(deb_file_t **deb_file)
/* Update previously known packages */
while ((control_buffer = fgets_str(old_status_file, "\n\n")) != NULL) {
- tmp_string = strstr(control_buffer, "Package:") + 8;
+ if ((tmp_string = strstr(control_buffer, "Package:")) == NULL) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ tmp_string += 8;
tmp_string += strspn(tmp_string, " \n\t");
package_name = xstrndup(tmp_string, strcspn(tmp_string, "\n\0"));
write_flag = FALSE;