| From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Zlib vulnerability heads-up. |
| Date: | 2002-03-12 16:45:31 |
| Message-ID: | 200203121645.LAA03908@www.wgcr.org |
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On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:34 am, Jan Wieck wrote:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
> [Charset iso-8859-15 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
> > As PostgreSQL uses the zlib library (for TOAST?), this is a headsup that
> > a bug has been found in the zlib library that could cause data
> > corruption or a security breach.
> PostgreSQL does not use the zlib library for toast. The
> algorithm used in toast is based on Adisak Pochanayon's SLZ.
Good. I think.
But what _does_ use zlib in PostgreSQL?
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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