Re: Probably security hole in postgresql-7.4.1 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: Probably security hole in postgresql-7.4.1
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Msg-id 20040513010314.GA8037@wolff.to
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In response to Re: Probably security hole in postgresql-7.4.1  (Shachar Shemesh <psql@shemesh.biz>)
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On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 00:54:19 +0300, Shachar Shemesh <psql@shemesh.biz> wrote:
> >
> I'm sorry. Maybe it's spending too many years in the security industry 
> (I've been Check Point's "oh my god we have a security problem" process 
> manager for over two years). Maybe it's knowing how to actually exploit 
> these problems. Maybe it's just seeing many of the good guys (OpenBSD's 
> Theo included) fall flat on their faces after saying "This is a DoS 
> only". In my book, a buffer overrun=arbitrary code execution.

But it is still a local user exploit, not a remote user exploit. That makes
a big difference in how the bug should be treated.


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