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

Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>

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From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
To: "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>
Cc: "Neil Conway" <neilc@samurai.com>, "Mark Pritchard" <mark@tangent.net.au>, "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org>, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-20T05:47:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.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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