Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0004: Multiple buffer overflows

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0004: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: 2002-08-22 04:55:12
Message-ID: 200208220455.g7M4tDr08186@candle.pha.pa.us
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Patch applied. Thanks.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> writes:
> > And another one.
>
> This patch should fix the problem. Doesn't include my previous patch
> for repeat(). Again, somewhat off-the-cuff, so I might have missed
> something...
>
> test=# select lpad('xxxxx',1431655765,'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy');
> ERROR: Requested length too large
> test=# select rpad('xxxxx',1431655765,'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy');
> ERROR: Requested length too large
>
> (That's on a Unicode DB, haven't tested other encodings but AFAICT
> this fix should still work.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>
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