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2010-08-27 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>

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* libcsupport/src/ctermid.c: Add comment explaining that this use of
	strcpy() is a potential buffer overrun but because the API does not
	provide a way to know the length of the user provided buffer, there
	is nothing we can do about it.
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2010-08-27 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
* libcsupport/src/ctermid.c: Add comment explaining that this use of
strcpy() is a potential buffer overrun but because the API does not
provide a way to know the length of the user provided buffer, there
is nothing we can do about it.
2010-08-27 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
* libmisc/shell/main_date.c: Use snprintf() not sprintf().

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@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ char *ctermid(
if ( !s )
return ctermid_name;
/*
* We have no way of knowing the length of the user provided buffer.
* It may not be large enough but there is no way to know that. :(
* So this is a potential buffer owerrun that we can do nothing about.
*/
strcpy( s, ctermid_name );
return s;
}