Applied.
> Hi,
>
> I was able to crash postgres 6.5.3 when I did an 'alter user' command.
> After I started a debugger I found the problem in the timezone handling of
> datetime (my Linux box lost its timezone information, that's how the
> problem occurred).
>
> Only 7 bytes are reserved for the timezone, without checking for boundaries.
>
> Attached is a patch that fixes this problem and emits a NOTICE if a
> timezone is encountered that is longer than MAXTZLEN bytes, like this:
>
> template1=# alter user postgres with password postgres;
> NOTICE: Invalid timezone 'Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page'
> NOTICE: Invalid timezone 'Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page'
> ALTER USER
>
> I don't know whether the timezone should be reset to some predefined
> constant (like "GMT") if an error like this occurs. This patch at least
> directs the user in a general direction that something is wrong with his setup.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeroen
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