--- Python-2.3.4/Modules/pypcre.c	2003-10-20 23:34:47.000000000 +0900
+++ CVS/pypcre.c	2005-09-16 20:35:09.000000000 +0900
@@ -1163,7 +1163,18 @@
 int min = 0;
 int max = -1;
 
+/* Read the minimum value and do a paranoid check: a negative value indicates
+an integer overflow. */
+
 while ((pcre_ctypes[*p] & ctype_digit) != 0) min = min * 10 + *p++ - '0';
+if (min < 0 || min > 65535)
+  {
+  *errorptr = ERR5;
+  return p;
+  }
+
+/* Read the maximum value if there is one, and again do a paranoid check 
+on its size.  Also, max must not be less than min. */
 
 if (*p == '}') max = min; else
   {
@@ -1171,6 +1182,11 @@
     {
     max = 0;
     while((pcre_ctypes[*p] & ctype_digit) != 0) max = max * 10 + *p++ - '0';
+    if (max < 0 || max > 65535)
+      {
+      *errorptr = ERR5;
+      return p;
+      }
     if (max < min)
       {
       *errorptr = ERR4;
@@ -1179,16 +1195,11 @@
     }
   }
 
-/* Do paranoid checks, then fill in the required variables, and pass back the
-pointer to the terminating '}'. */
+/* Fill in the required variables, and pass back the pointer to the terminating
+'}'. */
 
-if (min > 65535 || max > 65535)
-  *errorptr = ERR5;
-else
-  {
-  *minp = min;
-  *maxp = max;
-  }
+*minp = min;
+*maxp = max;
 return p;
 }