Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release
Date: 2002-08-24 04:44:55
Message-ID: 200208240044.55641.lamar.owen@wgcr.org
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On Saturday 24 August 2002 12:37 am, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > Right, but you have to get a connection to the backend in order to crash
> > it ... no?

> The point was that it might be possible to exploit this with only
> indirect access to the database, such as entering "date" information

And this is the reason I was in favor of 7.2.2.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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