retiring gets(3)

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in article <1988Nov8.054845.23998 at utstat.uucp>, geoff at utstat.uucp (Geoff Collyer) says:
$ 
$ The recent exposure of the security bug in the 4BSD fingerd caused by
$ use of gets(3) reminded me that gets is a bug waiting to happen and
$ should be stamped out. 

This may be a naive question, or perhaps I haven't followed the right
stories, but what is the problem with using gets versus fgets?

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