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krb5-appl/399: Y2K problem in gssftp

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DShambroom@gte.com)
Mon Mar 17 18:57:00 1997

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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:51:31 -0500
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>Number:         399
>Category:       krb5-appl
>Synopsis:       code in krb5-1.0/src/appl/gssftp/ftp/cmds.c will fail in year 2000
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    krb5-unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 17 18:53:01 EST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     W. David Shambroom
>Organization:
Software Systems Laboratory
GTE Laboratories Incorporated
>Release:        1.0
>Environment:
System: AIX coltrane 1 4 006003004C00
Machine: RS/6000 43P

>Description:
	In the source file krb5-1.0/src/appl/gssftp/ftp/cmds.c, lines 822-824:
                                       if (tm->tm_year > yy%100)
                                                return (1);
                                        else if (tm->tm_year == yy%100) {
	will fail in the year 2000.
    
>How-To-Repeat:
	N/A
>Fix:
	A correct version is:
                                        if (tm->tm_year > yy-1900)
                                                return (1);
                                        else if (tm->tm_year == yy-1900) {
 
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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