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    Fix inadequately-sized output buffer in contrib/unaccent. · 5a421a47
    Tom Lane authored
    The output buffer size in unaccent_lexize() was calculated as input string
    length times pg_database_encoding_max_length(), which effectively assumes
    that replacement strings aren't more than one character.  While that was
    all that we previously documented it to support, the code actually has
    always allowed replacement strings of arbitrary length; so if you tried
    to make use of longer strings, you were at risk of buffer overrun.  To fix,
    use an expansible StringInfo buffer instead of trying to determine the
    maximum space needed a-priori.
    
    This would be a security issue if unaccent rules files could be installed
    by unprivileged users; but fortunately they can't, so in the back branches
    the problem can be labeled as improper configuration by a superuser.
    Nonetheless, a memory stomp isn't a nice way of reacting to improper
    configuration, so let's back-patch the fix.
    5a421a47
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