Subject: Re: [ecasound] client buffer overflow
From: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki (eric_AT_zhevny.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 04:42:18 EET
Hi Kai,
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-Eric Rz.
Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> Btw; sorry about the recent increase in spam getting
> through to the list. I'll try to improve the filters.
> If all fails, I'll have to change the list policy
> to only allow mails from subscribers...
>
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Pierre Lorenzon wrote:
>
>
>>When the command sent to the server has a length
>>exceeding 32 characters, I get an error (client buffer overflow).
>>I investigated the eca-neteci-server.cpp file and noticed that
>>buffer size for input commands is in fact 32. Since I didn't
>
>
> Ugh, this is a clear bug in Ecasound size. I'll fix this in the next
> release (2.3.3).
>
>
>>any other solution to this problem, I set this size to a larger
>>amount (1024) recompiled and reinstalled the whole stuff
>>waiting for the next segfault which didn't appear !
>
>
> This is a good temporary fix.
>
>
>>I'd like to know if there is a serious reason for this buffer to
>>be so small. With 32 characters it is for instance impossible to
>
>
> No, just sloppy coding by yours truly. :)
>
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