Re: Security Issue.. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Security Issue..
Date
Msg-id 200204150133.g3F1XcJ09706@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Security Issue..  ("Rod Taylor" <rbt@zort.ca>)
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> I'm running into a minor issue with security in regards to users being
> able to see constructs that they have no access too.
> 
> The solution?  Information_Schema coupled with no direct access to
> pg_catalog.  Internals can use pg_catalog, possibly super users, but
> regular users shouldn't be able to do any reads / writes to it
> directly -- as per spec with definition_schema.

Is the problem that people can see system catalog columns that should be
more secure?

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