Re: Problem with accesing Oracle from plperlu functionwhen using remote pg client. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: Problem with accesing Oracle from plperlu functionwhen using remote pg client.
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In response to Re: Problem with accesing Oracle from plperlu functionwhen using remote pg client.  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if you could do something malicious with it. Like, run a query along the lines of "SELECT $$ (HOST=10.0.0.123) $$, connect()... " to divert the connection to another server.

Not any more malicious than a connection string in and of itself.   It's only used as a hierarchical name-value pair string, nothing is executed from it.

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Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
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