[Fwd: Re: [ GLSA 200405-18 ] Buffer Overflow in Firebird]

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> From: Cgweav () aol com
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> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 05:01:24 EDT
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> I'm not a subscriber, I read bugtraq via a mail2news
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> you want:
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> (excerpt from http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=files)
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> "The V1.5 release of Firebird represents a major upgrade to the V1.0 database 
> engine, which has been developed by an independent team of voluntary 
> developers from the original InterBase source code that was released by Borland under 
> the InterBase Public License on 25th July 2000.
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> Development on the Firebird 2 codebase began early on during the Firebird 
> V1.0 development process, with the porting of the Firebird 1.0 C code to C++ and 
> the first major steps at code clean up. Firebird V1.5 is the first release of 
> the Firebird 2 codebase and represents a significant milestone for the 
> developers and the whole Firebird project, but it is not an end in itself. As 
> Firebird V1.5 goes to release, major development continues toward the next point 
> release on the journey to Firebird V2.0.
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> There are many new features and bugs fixed and the list of major changes 
> beyond the original V1.0 version is quite long. Please read the Release Notes for 
> more information."
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> The C code that implemented many old Interbase bugs is
> no longer used in V1.5 (although it is always wise to test
> a new release to be sure, as replacement of the old C code
> with the new C++ code may be incremental).
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> (This is merely fyi on the revamped Firebird code base,
> and is not intended to express any opinion on the
> average relative bugginess of C vs C++ code.)
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> Regards,
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> Clayton Weaver
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> "The test of our progress is not whether we add
>  more to the abundance of those who have much;
>  it is whether we provide enough for those who have
>  too little."  Franklin D. Roosevelt
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