From: nethack.allison <nethack.allison>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 04:03:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: next qbuf overflow
X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~2009
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9746d9404e937a3908e175fd92c43a65123dee72;p=nethack

next qbuf overflow

By naming the candelabrum as long a name as the game will allow, and by naming a candle the longest name also, a qbuf overflow and crash is
triggered when you attach the candle to the candelabrum.
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diff --git a/doc/fixes34.2 b/doc/fixes34.2
index adc79c805..c5a274f89 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.2
+++ b/doc/fixes34.2
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ update map display sooner when pushed boulder triggers land mine explosion
 prevent fatal error from prompt string overflow in lift_object() 
 make sure that leashed monsters are released prior to shopkeeper inheriting
 	dead character's inventory
+attaching long named candle to long named candelabrum caused buffer overflow
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes