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Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (fwd) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (fwd)
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Msg-id 7110.1029875769@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (fwd)  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (fwd)  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> +     /* Check for integer overflow */
> +     if (tlen / slen != count)
> +         elog(ERROR, "Requested buffer is too large.");

What about slen == 0?
        regards, tom lane

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