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Date:	Fri, 9 Oct 1998 03:02:53 +0000
From:	duke <duke@VIPER.NET.AU>
Subject:      Re: buffer overflow in dbadmin
To:	BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG

>

hi,

> dbadmin.c:    strcpy(op_temp,curField->name);
> dbadmin.c:      strcat(rec_new,curField->name);

both op_temp and rec_new are malloc()'d so they are safe enough. dbadmin
still looks exploitable however from:

    strcat(qbuf,thetable);

qbuf is not malloc'd but is a global variable.

-- Mark