Re: BUG #14198: IPv6 address validation broken

On 16.06.2016 23:05, Tom Lane wrote:
> stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc writes:
>> IPv6 address validation seems to be a "tad" broken in all current
>> releases:
>
> Hmm, looks like we need this at inet_net_pton.c:499:
>
> else if (*src == '\0')
> goto enoent;
> if (tp + NS_INT16SZ > endp)
> - return (0);
> + goto enoent;
> *tp++ = (u_char) (val >> 8) & 0xff;
> *tp++ = (u_char) val & 0xff;
> saw_xdigit = 0;
>
> A bit of googling suggests that this is equally broken in assorted
> BSD distributions, which is likely where we got the code from
> originally. I wonder who we can report it to?

For FreeBSD there is a bugtracker:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi

If you are unsure what to fill in, i can do this for you.

Greetings,
Torsten