Re: [SECURITY] DoS attack on backend possible (was: Re: - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Florian Weimer
Subject Re: [SECURITY] DoS attack on backend possible (was: Re:
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In response to Re: [SECURITY] DoS attack on backend possible (was: Re:  (Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>)
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Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net> writes:

> Well, if it's a buffer overrun, there is certainly potential for risks
> well beyond that of simply crashing the "be".

It's a buffer overrun, but the data has to pass through the date/time
parser in the backend, so it's not entirely obvious how you can
exploit this to run arbitrary code.

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