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== Reliability ==

A 2018 [[american fuzzy lop (fuzzer)|AFL]] [[fuzzing]] test against many DBM-family databases exposed many problems in implementations when it comes to corrupt or invalid database files. Only [[cdb (software)|''freecdb'']] by [[Daniel J. Bernstein]] showed no crashes. The authors of gdbm, tdb, and lmdb were prompt to respond. Berkeley DB fell behind due to the sheer amount of other issues;<ref name=fuzz>{{cite web |last1=Debroux |first1=Lionel |title=oss-security - Fun with DBM-type databases... |url=https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/17/1 |website=openwall.com |date=16 Jun 2018}}</ref> the fixes would be irrelevant to OSS users anywaysanyway due to the licensing change locking them back on an old version.<ref name=deb/>

== See also ==