Fixed bug#16752 Binary table files created in mysqld v4.1 caused buffer overrun
and possibly server crash in mysqld v5.0. Reported MyISAM table was created in mysqld 4.1 and contains varchar field. When binary files of that table was moved to 5.0, mysqld treats that varchar field as a string field. In order to make grouping server calculates group buffer, and because that field is string server assumes it has fixed length and doesn't add space for length, but later that field is converted to varchar field. Due to this, when field values were actually copied, additional space for length bytes is taken and buffer overrun occurs, which may lead to server crash. The calc_group_buffer() function now reserves additional space for length bytes for VAR_STRING fields, like for VARCHAR fields.
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