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Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking http://www.camping-usa.com http://www.cloudninegifts.com http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com ========================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:40:28 +0000 From: Sir Mordred The Traitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL // @(#) Mordred Labs Advisory 0x0001 Release data: 19/08/02 Name: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL Versions affected: <= 7.2 Risk: average --[ Description: PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. There exists a stack based buffer overflow in cash_words() function, that potentially allows an attacker to execute malicious code. --[ How to reproduce: psql> select cash_words('-700000000000000000000000000000'); pgReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly. .... .... The connection to the server was lost... --[ Solution: Upgrade to version 7.2.1. ________________________________________________________________________ This letter has been delivered unencrypted. We'd like to remind you that the full protection of e-mail correspondence is provided by S-mail encryption mechanisms if only both, Sender and Recipient use S-mail. Register at S-mail.com: http://www.s-mail.com/inf/en ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
