On 8/5/07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> "Chad Wagner" <chad(dot)wagner(at)gmail(dot)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.