Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Lamar Owen
Subject Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release
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Msg-id 200208240044.55641.lamar.owen@wgcr.org
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Saturday 24 August 2002 12:37 am, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.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
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