ls now refuses to generate time stamps containing more than 1000 bytes.

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Paul Eggert 2005-03-11 23:13:58 +00:00
parent 1aab3a0c90
commit 9d55554bf1

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@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
expr now detects integer overflow when evaluating large integers,
rather than silently wrapping around.
ls now refuses to generate time stamps containing more than 1000 bytes, to
foil remote denial-of-service attacks (e.g., --time-style='+%1000000000Y').
test now detects integer overflow when evaluating large integers,
rather than silently wrapping around.