Bug#374577: mimms: patch to fix many buffer overflows vulnerability

2006-06-26 Thread Anon Sricharoenchai
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:One question remains, though: + // buf_size = min(count, buf_size); + if (buf_size count) buf_size = count;Is there any reason not to write mim() here?It's a bit faster than buf_size = min(), since there's no need to reassign "buf_size" again, if it's less

Bug#374577: mimms: patch to fix many buffer overflows vulnerability

2006-06-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Anon Sricharoenchai wrote: Package: mimms Version: 0.0.9-1 Severity: grave Justification: user security hole Tags: security patch According to the patch attached in this report, it has many possible buffer overflows. For example, - memcpy(buf, data, length) without bounding the limit of

Bug#374577: mimms: patch to fix many buffer overflows vulnerability

2006-06-19 Thread Anon Sricharoenchai
Package: mimms Version: 0.0.9-1 Severity: grave Justification: user security hole Tags: security patch According to the patch attached in this report, it has many possible buffer overflows. For example, - memcpy(buf, data, length) without bounding the limit of length, while length depend on the