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Re: BUG #16793: Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #16793: Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c
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Msg-id 1598376.1609168450@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #16793: Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c that is
> triggered when handling errors for xpointer expressions. this may allow a
> context-dependent attacker to crash a process linked against the library.

Why are you reporting this here, and not to the libxml2 authors?
There's nothing we can do about it.

            regards, tom lane

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