diff options
| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-02-04 05:20:24 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-02-04 05:20:24 +0000 |
| commit | e8ed03794cd84370db2b1a61c934d77ae6c3751b (patch) | |
| tree | 829252ff11d24a5003576805e29710d771753f62 /chapter06/gzip-inst.xml | |
| parent | a20bfb4974c368cc695108d03dbfbddd423b28d0 (diff) | |
update gzip patch expl.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2424 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06/gzip-inst.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/gzip-inst.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml index 28d387f77..892ebfba5 100644 --- a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml @@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of Gzip</title> -<para>A buffer overflow may occur if <userinput>gzip</userinput> -encounters a filename over 1020 characters in length. Apply the -patch to fix this problem:</para> +<para>The following patch fixes a buffer overflow that occurs when a +filename is longer than 1020 characters. It does this by inserting a check +that the buffer is large enough for the given filename. The program exits +with the message "Filename too long" the buffer is not large enough.</para> <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-&gzip-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para> |