Re: backpatch of datetime fixes

lockhart@fourpalms.org

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
To: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-21T01:18:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Neil Conway wrote:
> 
> I've backpatched Thomas's fixes for the potential buffer overruns in
> the datetime code to the REL7_2_STABLE branch. The required changes
> are pretty minimal, and the code passes the regression tests.
> 
> However, I haven't yet seen a test-case that demonstrates the buffer
> overrun in 7.2 code (I originally found the problem when playing with
> datetime on 7.3-dev with integer datetimes)

I've had trouble provoking an error also, but the circumstances should
be related to having a long date/time input, especially if it has more
fields than one would expect in a valid date/time string.

                     - Thomas