Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 10:42:25 +0300 From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 (fwd) Message-ID: <199508310742.KAA26949@katiska.clinet.fi> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9508282325.D12292-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> References: <Pine.3.89.9508282325.D12292-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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Jonathan M. Bresler writes:
> buffers and uses sprintf to write to them. should be changed to
> snprintf--a quick persual says that should do the trick
sprintf %s format takes maximum string length, like %.5s copies maximum of
5 characters. This could also be used. snprintf looses the end of the
thing printed, while %.ns only looses bytes from the offending string.
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