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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-03-11 23:13:58 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-03-11 23:13:58 +0000
commit9d55554bf1ad78c449e0e769658f8ed41382691d (patch)
tree02d6cb8cba41a874c7d58e79702608996df84818 /NEWS
parent1aab3a0c90511fc64c8711c5d0ad0bc529cfb7ac (diff)
downloadcoreutils-9d55554bf1ad78c449e0e769658f8ed41382691d.tar.xz
ls now refuses to generate time stamps containing more than 1000 bytes.
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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.