On 8/5/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: "Chad Wagner" <chad.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch modifies the ReadStr function in pg_backup_archiver.c to validate
> the result of *AH->ReadBufPtr matches the value of l.
If we're trying to defend against premature EOF, this hardly seems like
a sufficient patch.
I agree, but it is better than nothing. If you have some suggestions or other areas of the pg_restore code that I should take a look at then I don't mind doing so.
The patch at least raises awareness to this problem.