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On Dec 17, 2007 10:03 AM, T=F6r=F6k Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you can't upgrade to a newer gcc, you can also use an older gcc that
> doesn't have this bug:
> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS provides gcc-3.4:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/devel/gcc-3.4
>
> # apt-get install gcc-3.4
>
> The source code does specific bounds checks that this compiler
> incorrectly removes.
> If you compile ClamAV with a compiler that fails either of the 3 gcc bug
> tests in configure,
> the resulting binary may be subject to a buffer-overflow.
>
> Best regards,
> --Edwin
>

Thank you very much for this information, I appreciate it!
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