Isn't pg_statistic a security hole? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Isn't pg_statistic a security hole?
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Msg-id 28789.989169286@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: Isn't pg_statistic a security hole?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Right now anyone can look in pg_statistic and discover the min/max/most
common values of other people's tables.  That's not a lot of info, but
it might still be more than you want them to find out.  And the
statistical changes that I'm about to commit will allow a couple dozen
values to be exposed, not only three values per column.

It seems to me that only superusers should be allowed to read the
pg_statistic table.  Or am I overreacting?  Comments?
        regards, tom lane


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