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Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs]
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs] |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:17:10 -0500 (EST) |
Turbo Fredriksson writes:
>
> I was running the Debian GNU/Linux version 1.11.1p1-1, had the same
> problem. Upgraded to '1.11.1p1-5', same problem.
No, you do *not* have the same problem.
> diff -u -b -B
> -Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> -r2.0.0.1 Makefile
> cvs server: invalid context length argument
That's a legitimate error (-C takes an *integer* argument, which
"aaa..." is not). The *problem* was that that used to cause CVS to
*crash*. You're not getting the crash.
-Larry Jones
These findings suggest a logical course of action. -- Calvin
Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs], Larry Jones, 2002/02/20
Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs], Tollef Fog Heen, 2002/02/22