Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> writes:
> As PostgreSQL uses the zlib library (for TOAST?), this is a headsup that a
> bug has been found in the zlib library that could cause data corruption or a
> security breach.
>
> See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/advisory-2002-03-11.txt for more details.
>
> Updating zlib is strongly recommended by many sources, and a patch is
> available.
>
> I have only posted this to HACKERS; if a cross-post to GENERAL or ADMIN is
> useful, that can be arranged.
FWIW, I really doubt this is much of a problem for postgresql. It's
mainly a problem for applications dealing with untrusted, compressed
data (webbrowsers, imageviewers, programs with skins downloaded from
the Internet) etc.
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
