On 2020-04-22 18:37:09 -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 09:05:28PM -0400, re...@webconquest.com wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:18:55AM +0200, Oswald wrote in
> > > you're leaking the random strings. i suggest passing in fixed-size
> > > buffers instead.
> > 
> > I am not sure I understand how the random strings are being leaked, and
> > I'd like to understand. Can you clarify this to me and explain how this
> > would be a concern?
> 
> The memory allocated and returned by mutt_gen_base64_enc_rand() is being
> leaked.

I'm thinking that there are two meanings of "leak".
This can be confusing. :-)

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