Buffer overflow in pgsql2shp

[gabrimonfa]

OS: Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic 64bit RELEASE: 2.5.2 (r17328)

pgsql2shp -h host -u user -f /tmp/file.shp database
Initializing...
*** buffer overflow detected ***: pgsql2shp terminated

The table has a lot of fields, many with similar names.
I've made some analysis manually selecting the fields in the command.
The problem seems to be a text field that in some rows is longer than 255 characters. Let's call that field long_field.

Tests made:

• SELECT * FROM table - FAILS
• SELECT <all fields except long_field> FROM table - OK
• SELECT <all fields except long_field>, substring(long_field from 0 to 255) as long_field FROM table - OK
• SELECT <all fields except long_field>, substring(long_field from 0 to 256) as long_field FROM table - FAILS

[Algunenano]

Can you provide a straightforward way to reproduce the issue, please?

[pramsey]

Need a reproduction case for this. Closing for now.