Re: BUG #1189: unbounded string copy in postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #1189: unbounded string copy in postmaster
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Msg-id 21669.1089502294@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #1189: unbounded string copy in postmaster  ("PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>)
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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
> Looks like the -o command line option doesn't perform any bounds checking on
> the option before copying to the ExtraOptions[1024] char array. [line 529 of
> postmaster.c]

I cannot get super excited about this, since the person or script
starting the postmaster has to be trusted anyway.  But I've tweaked
the code to prevent a buffer overrun here.

            regards, tom lane

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