Problem of buffer overflow in *toname() functions in tree package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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Issue

  • Problem of buffer overflow in *toname() functions in tree package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • uidtoname() and gidtoname() have possible buffer overflows.
  • Backport 980945

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • tree-1.5.3-2.el6.x86_64

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