Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in
Date: 2002-08-19 18:24:08
Message-ID: 20701.1029781448@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Glad he made the advisory for something there's a fix for. :)

The claim that this bug allows execution of arbitrary code is bogus anyway.
The overflow at INT_MIN will clobber the stack, yes, but in an absolutely
predetermined way; an attacker will have no opportunity to insert code
of his choosing.

regards, tom lane

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