Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by asveikau on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:03PM
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Depends a lot on the specifics. For example heartbleed was a misread that led to the buffer being sent on the socket. And I think it was more than 32 bits. 32 bits of garbage into a log file that needs privileges to read sounds a tad less scary, but like I say, not out of the question to be harmful.
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Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by memling on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:54PM
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> Depends a lot on the specifics. For example heartbleed was a misread that led to the buffer being sent on the socket. And I think it was more than 32 bits. 32 bits of garbage into a log file that needs privileges to read sounds a tad less scary, but like I say, not out of the question to be harmful.
If you can do it a lot of times, though, that changes matters.