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Re: updated file for coreutils-5.tar.gz/coreutils-5.0/lib/strstr.c
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: updated file for coreutils-5.tar.gz/coreutils-5.0/lib/strstr.c |
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Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:59:20 -0500 |
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Digital <address@hidden> wrote:
> As a side comment, There is a BUG with strstr.c
> If haystack gets truncated or there is no trailing '\0', then strstr
> will keep looking past the expected string end into unknown space.
That makes it a dangerous interface, but not a bug. If the caller
fails to ensure tht the string is properly terminated, then *it* has a
bug. Pretty much every string function in the C standard works this
way.
paul