| From: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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 04:56:59 |
| Message-ID: | 87wuqj4hk4.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com |
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> 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?
I quickly tested current sources, and it seems the bug is fixed. I
only fixed it to begin with because I saw it while fixing the reported
problem.
> The patch looks like it does prevent some problems.
Yes: namely, it fixes the bug in REL7_2_STABLE.
Cheers,
Neil
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