Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
Cc: "Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "Mark Pritchard" <mark(at)tangent(dot)net(dot)au>, "Justin Clift" <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in
Date: 2002-08-20 05:47:35
Message-ID: 87znvihyiw.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com
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"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com> writes:
> I read (in some other message) that this buffer overrun problem has been
> known for a very, very long time.

No, the problem you're referring to (cash_out() and friends) is *not*
a buffer overrun.

Cheers,

Neil

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