to_char(): prevent accesses beyond the allocated buffer Previously very long field masks for floats could access memory beyond the existing buffer allocated to hold the result.
Reported by Andres Freund and Peter Geoghegan. Backpatch to all supported versions. Security: CVE-2015-0241 Branch ------ REL9_4_STABLE Details ------- http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1628a0bbfa2e30cd52daaa3ae78961d301adad2f Modified Files -------------- src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- Sent via pgsql-committers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-committers
