Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> > 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?
> 
> Good point -- that wouldn't cause incorrect results or a security
> problem, but it would reject input that we should really accept.
> 
> Revised patch is attached.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Neil
> 
> -- 
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC

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