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

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in
Date: 2002-08-20 04:17:30
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0208200015590.31402-100000@cm-lcon1-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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Rod Taylor dijo:

> The simple fix is to drop the money type entirely as it serves few
> purposes -- but there are some who use it.

There are a lot of other functions that cause the same problem. Just
dropping or fixing cash_out is not the solution.

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
One man's impedance mismatch is another man's layer of abstraction.
(Lincoln Yeoh)

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