On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:44:14 -0800, walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> wrote:


> As a temporary workaround until Christos can do the correct fix,
> just delete line 890 of /usr/src/dist/nawk/b.c and recompile
> and reinstall /usr/src/usr.bin/awk.
> 
> Here is the line to be deleted:
>               assert(c < NCHARS);
> 
> That should allow us to rebuild the system when the correct
> fix is committed.
> 
Note, of course, that deleting that line enables a very clear buffer
overflow.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb