Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Sir Mordred The Traitor <mordred(at)s-mail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL
Date: 2002-08-22 04:12:59
Message-ID: 200208220412.g7M4CxK02763@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> > The handling of the TZ environmental variable is subject to a buffer
> > overrun.
>
> This problem is long gone in current sources, no?
>

The patch looks like it does prevent some problems.

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