Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0208200015590.31402-100000@cm-lcon1-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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In response to Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in  (Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>)
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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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