Re: buffer overflow errors

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/3/15 6:50 PM, Smokey Mtn Digital Hams wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> Log files are showing an increased level of buffer overflows from common
> CLI usage and scripts that previously did not result in excessive overflows
> being passed.

There's a lack of detail here that makes the report not actionable.

> When I use zsh or rollback to a previous version of bash (pre-March 2014)
> it returns to previous level of issues (minimal with occasional overflows).
> The issue with this fix is the obvious, security issue over the summer made
> it dangerous to use an unpatched bash.

Well, there was this little dust-up in September.

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