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Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 200208220412.g7M4CxK02763@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0002: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> > The handling of the TZ environmental variable is subject to a buffer
> > overrun.
> 
> This problem is long gone in current sources, no?
> 

The patch looks like it does prevent some problems.

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