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  1. BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept Postgresql on Network because of Security Vulnerabilities

    Ferindo Middleton Jr <fmiddleton@verizon.net> — 2005-11-18T03:54:36Z

    The following bug has been logged online:
    
    Bug reference:      2052
    Logged by:          Ferindo Middleton
    Email address:      fmiddleton@verizon.net
    PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
    Operating system:   Windows 2000
    Description:        Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept Postgresql on
    Network because of Security Vulnerabilities
    Details: 
    
    This bug report involves more than one proposed bug. I work at a federal
    government agency. The information technology division at this agency
    refuses to allow the database version 8.0.4 on their network because of
    several security vulnerabilities they noticed when testing the software
    application. The database would run on a Windows 2000 Professional computer
    system. The division I work for wants to use the database as a backend to a
    set Java Server Pages I developed to be served via Apache Tomcat. My
    application works great with PostgreSQL but the problem is getting the IS
    team at this agency to accept PostgreSQL db. I know nothing about hacking
    PostgreSQL. I am merely know how to install, setup, run the database and
    write JSP applications to us the database in the background so these
    security vulnerabilities are beyond the scope of my own understanding of the
    database from a mere admin/user level. 
    
    I am going to paste below the feedback I received concerning the
    vulnerabilities of the database in hopes that The PostgreSQL Global
    Development Group would consider looking into each stated flaw. I believe
    that resolution of these vulnerabilities would be a major achievement of our
    database management system and possibly open the software up to more
    government acceptance and utilization, which I believe it is lacking. 
    
    Here are the vulnerabilities that were stated (each one has a special Common
    Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)codes that this IS team had assigned):
    
    CVE-2005-0245  Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of
    arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a
    heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.  
    
    CVE-2005-0244  PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass the
    EXECUTE permission check for functions by using the CREATE AGGREGATE
    command.  
    
    CVE-2005-0227  PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows
    local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD
    extension.  
    
    CVE-2005-0246  The intagg contrib module for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arrays. 
    
    CVE-2005-0247  Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and
    earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number
    of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct
    function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being
    handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) alarge number of arbitrary
    variables in a SELECT statement being handled
    by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables
    in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a
    different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245.  
    
    CVE-2005-1409  PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to
    certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to
    call those functions with malicious values, with
    unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability 
    
    CVE-2005-1410 - The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares
    the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4)spell_init, and (5)
    syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do
    not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of
    service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands
    that call other functions that accept internal arguments.
    
    Ferindo
    
    
  2. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept Postgresql on Network because of Security Vulnerabilities

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2005-11-18T14:32:43Z

    "Ferindo Middleton" <fmiddleton@verizon.net> writes:
    > This bug report involves more than one proposed bug. I work at a federal
    > government agency. The information technology division at this agency
    > refuses to allow the database version 8.0.4 on their network because of
    > several security vulnerabilities they noticed when testing the software
    > application.
    
    They obviously haven't "tested" anything --- they are merely reading the
    CVE reports for old Postgres versions.  All known CVE problems are
    resolved in 8.0.4.
    
    (If they were actually serious about security, they wouldn't be letting
    you run Windows 2000 inside their network, but I digress.)
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  3. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept Postgresql on Network because of Security Vulnerabilities

    Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> — 2005-11-18T15:08:50Z

    * Ferindo Middleton (fmiddleton@verizon.net) wrote:
    > CVE-2005-0245  Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    > may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of
    > arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a
    > heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.  
    
    I think this was fixed in 8.0.2...
    
    > CVE-2005-0244  PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass the
    > EXECUTE permission check for functions by using the CREATE AGGREGATE
    > command.  
    
    This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.1.
    
    > CVE-2005-0227  PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows
    > local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD
    > extension.  
    
    The CVE says it only affected pre-8.0 releases and I'm inclined to
    believe it.
    
    > CVE-2005-0246  The intagg contrib module for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    > allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arrays. 
    
    Contrib modules are only an issue if you install them.  If you don't
    need them, don't install them.  Don't know if this was fixed but
    honestly I expect it was, the Postgres folks don't just sit around on
    their hands when CVE's come out.
    
    > CVE-2005-0247  Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and
    > earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number
    > of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct
    > function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being
    > handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) alarge number of arbitrary
    > variables in a SELECT statement being handled
    > by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables
    > in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a
    > different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245.  
    
    Looks like this was fixed in 8.0.2..
    
    > CVE-2005-1409  PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to
    > certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to
    > call those functions with malicious values, with
    > unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability 
    
    This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.3.
    
    > CVE-2005-1410 - The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares
    > the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4)spell_init, and (5)
    > syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do
    > not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of
    > service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands
    > that call other functions that accept internal arguments.
    
    This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.3.
    
    It looks like these were all fixed rather quickly after they were
    discovered and brought to the attention of the PostgreSQL team.
    http://www.gsa.gov/networx -> Networx Hosting Center -> NHC User
    Instructions, Executive Summary.
    
    No software is without bugs.  It would be foolish to assume that you can
    deploy a system once and never have to update it for newly discovered
    security vulnerabilities.  If you'd like a comparison to a product
    they may be allowing elsewhere you might consider looking at Oracle's
    track record for fixing security issues.  It's rather... poor.  There
    have been a number of articles to this affect on bugtraq recently, you
    shouldn't have too much trouble finding good examples.
    
    	Enjoy,
    
    		Stephen
    
  4. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Ferindo Middleton Jr <fmiddleton@verizon.net> — 2005-11-22T00:00:15Z

    Tom Lane wrote:
    > "Ferindo Middleton" <fmiddleton@verizon.net> writes:
    >   
    >> This bug report involves more than one proposed bug. I work at a federal
    >> government agency. The information technology division at this agency
    >> refuses to allow the database version 8.0.4 on their network because of
    >> several security vulnerabilities they noticed when testing the software
    >> application.
    >>     
    >
    > They obviously haven't "tested" anything --- they are merely reading the
    > CVE reports for old Postgres versions.  All known CVE problems are
    > resolved in 8.0.4.
    >
    > (If they were actually serious about security, they wouldn't be letting
    > you run Windows 2000 inside their network, but I digress.)
    >
    > 			regards, tom lane
    >
    >   
    
    Thanks for your support with this. I had presented the IT support team 
    at this agency with the information you all provided that these 
    CVEs/bugs were resolved in previous versions to 8.0.4 and they suddenly 
    argued that it wasn’t the CVE’s that were the problem (without admitting 
    that they never really tested 8.0.4 in the first place)… I’m sorry if I 
    wasted anybody’s time or irritated anyone by assuming that these bugs 
    were actually valid in 8.0.4… I’m starting to get tied up in a bunch of 
    bureaucratic tape dealing with these people. I think their just scared 
    of having to deal with the support overhead they think they'll have to 
    assume if they introduce another DBMS on their network…
    
    Thank you,
    
    Ferindo Middleton
    
    
    
  5. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> — 2005-11-24T10:13:14Z

    On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 09:32 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: 
    > All known CVE problems are resolved in 8.0.4.
    
    I was unaware of this. I've looked at the release notes and searched the
    archives, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned by CVE number. (The
    vulnerabilities and their resolutions are described, just without direct
    cross reference to their CVE number.)
    
    Do we have an on-project description of this? If we-as-a-project know
    this, it seems straightforward to write it down.
    
    It seems like we need a much clearer resource for security admins to
    check our compliance levels. This could be a source of similar
    refusal-to-implement PostgreSQL at other installations, so could almost
    be regarded as an advocacy issue. Other software projects have been
    criticized badly for their security response and info dissemination - I
    don't believe that applies here, but it does indicate the general
    requirement and its priority. i.e. don't just fix the bugs, tell
    everyone you've fixed the bugs.
    
    Or, at very least, put stronger security warnings onto the releases. (My
    own advice is always to watch for announcements and stay current).
    
    Thoughts?
    
    Best Regards, Simon Riggs
    
    Stephen's detailed reply to CVE worries copied below for context:
    On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:08 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
    > * Ferindo Middleton (fmiddleton@verizon.net) wrote:
    > > CVE-2005-0245  Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    > > may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of
    > > arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a
    > > heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.  
    > 
    > I think this was fixed in 8.0.2...
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-0244  PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass the
    > > EXECUTE permission check for functions by using the CREATE AGGREGATE
    > > command.  
    > 
    > This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.1.
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-0227  PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows
    > > local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD
    > > extension.  
    > 
    > The CVE says it only affected pre-8.0 releases and I'm inclined to
    > believe it.
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-0246  The intagg contrib module for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier
    > > allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arrays. 
    > 
    > Contrib modules are only an issue if you install them.  If you don't
    > need them, don't install them.  Don't know if this was fixed but
    > honestly I expect it was, the Postgres folks don't just sit around on
    > their hands when CVE's come out.
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-0247  Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and
    > > earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number
    > > of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct
    > > function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being
    > > handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) alarge number of arbitrary
    > > variables in a SELECT statement being handled
    > > by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables
    > > in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a
    > > different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245.  
    > 
    > Looks like this was fixed in 8.0.2..
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-1409  PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to
    > > certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to
    > > call those functions with malicious values, with
    > > unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability 
    > 
    > This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.3.
    > 
    > > CVE-2005-1410 - The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares
    > > the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4)spell_init, and (5)
    > > syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do
    > > not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of
    > > service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands
    > > that call other functions that accept internal arguments.
    > 
    > This appears to have been fixed in 8.0.3.
    > 
    > It looks like these were all fixed rather quickly after they were
    > discovered and brought to the attention of the PostgreSQL team.
    > http://www.gsa.gov/networx -> Networx Hosting Center -> NHC User
    > Instructions, Executive Summary.
    > 
    > No software is without bugs.  It would be foolish to assume that you can
    > deploy a system once and never have to update it for newly discovered
    > security vulnerabilities.  If you'd like a comparison to a product
    > they may be allowing elsewhere you might consider looking at Oracle's
    > track record for fixing security issues.  It's rather... poor.  There
    > have been a number of articles to this affect on bugtraq recently, you
    > shouldn't have too much trouble finding good examples.
    > 
    > 	Enjoy,
    > 
    > 		Stephen
    
    
    
  6. Re: [BUGS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2005-11-24T14:09:09Z

    Simon Riggs wrote:
    > I was unaware of this. I've looked at the release notes and searched
    > the archives, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned by CVE number.
    > (The vulnerabilities and their resolutions are described, just
    > without direct cross reference to their CVE number.)
    
    We really should write the CVE numbers into the commit messages and the 
    release notes.
    
    -- 
    Peter Eisentraut
    http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
    
    
  7. Re: [BUGS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com> — 2005-11-24T18:16:05Z

    On Thursday 24 November 2005 06:09, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    > Simon Riggs wrote:
    > > I was unaware of this. I've looked at the release notes and searched
    > > the archives, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned by CVE number.
    > > (The vulnerabilities and their resolutions are described, just
    > > without direct cross reference to their CVE number.)
    >
    > We really should write the CVE numbers into the commit messages and the
    > release notes.
    I also belive that we should have these referenced visably on the website much 
    the same way apache does:
    http://httpd.apache.org/security_report.html
    
    -- 
    Darcy Buskermolen
    Wavefire Technologies Corp.
    
    http://www.wavefire.com
    ph: 250.717.0200
    fx: 250.763.1759
    
    
  8. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> — 2005-11-25T17:20:23Z

    Simon Riggs wrote:
    > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 09:32 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: 
    > > All known CVE problems are resolved in 8.0.4.
    > 
    > I was unaware of this. I've looked at the release notes and searched the
    > archives, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned by CVE number. (The
    > vulnerabilities and their resolutions are described, just without direct
    > cross reference to their CVE number.)
    > 
    > Do we have an on-project description of this? If we-as-a-project know
    > this, it seems straightforward to write it down.
    > 
    > It seems like we need a much clearer resource for security admins to
    > check our compliance levels. This could be a source of similar
    > refusal-to-implement PostgreSQL at other installations, so could almost
    > be regarded as an advocacy issue. Other software projects have been
    > criticized badly for their security response and info dissemination - I
    > don't believe that applies here, but it does indicate the general
    > requirement and its priority. i.e. don't just fix the bugs, tell
    > everyone you've fixed the bugs.
    > 
    > Or, at very least, put stronger security warnings onto the releases. (My
    > own advice is always to watch for announcements and stay current).
    
    Well, as the original poster mentioned, they were looking for a reason
    _not_ to use PostgreSQL, and if that is the goal, you can find a reason,
    error numbers or not.
    
    I am not excited about referencing error numbers from someone else.  We
    know our errors better than anyone else, so I don't see the point.
    
    -- 
      Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
      pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 359-1001
      +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
      +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
    
    
  9. Re: [HACKERS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2005-11-25T18:37:16Z

    Bruce Momjian wrote:
    > I am not excited about referencing error numbers from someone else. 
    > We know our errors better than anyone else, so I don't see the point.
    
    The point is, *we* might know our error numbers, but the rest of the 
    world doesn't.
    
    And CVE isn't just "someone".  A large number of security groups, 
    government agencies, and OS distributors are involved there.  Using CVE 
    numbers, the public can, say, correlate bugtraq or CERT announcements 
    or Red Hat or Debian bugs to PostgreSQL patches and releases.  
    Copy-and-pasting the CVE number into the patch message or release note 
    entry really isn't that much to ask for that service.
    
    -- 
    Peter Eisentraut
    http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
    
    
  10. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> — 2005-11-25T18:46:57Z

    On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 12:20 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
    > Simon Riggs wrote:
    > > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 09:32 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: 
    > > > All known CVE problems are resolved in 8.0.4.
    > > 
    > > It seems like we need a much clearer resource for security admins to
    > > check our compliance levels. This could be a source of similar
    > > refusal-to-implement PostgreSQL at other installations, so could almost
    > > be regarded as an advocacy issue. Other software projects have been
    > > criticized badly for their security response and info dissemination - I
    > > don't believe that applies here, but it does indicate the general
    > > requirement and its priority. i.e. don't just fix the bugs, tell
    > > everyone you've fixed the bugs.
    
    > Well, as the original poster mentioned, they were looking for a reason
    > _not_ to use PostgreSQL, and if that is the goal, you can find a reason,
    > error numbers or not.
    
    I think that's true, but it should be our goal to remove all excuses so
    that people have to face up to the real issues. I see this as advocacy
    in many ways. 
    
    > I am not excited about referencing error numbers from someone else.  We
    > know our errors better than anyone else, so I don't see the point.
    
    I think if you don't want to put those on the release notes, thats fine;
    we know you're busy. Others have spoken in favour of a web page,
    separate from the release notes, and as Tom points out its easier to do
    it that way retrospectively anyway.
    
    *We* do know our errors, but thats not the point. CVE is becoming an
    accepted standard for referring to security exposures and we should
    follow this trend. http://www.cve.mitre.org/about/introduction.html
    CVE isn't just somebody else's bugtrack numbers, they're big.
    Debian, Gentoo, RedHat, IBM, CA etc already do this.
    
    Unless somebody else wants to do this, I'll discuss on -www how we can
    get a page up on the .org site with this info on, so that we can be "CVE
    compatible".
    
    Best Regards, Simon Riggs
    
    
    
    
    
  11. Re: BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2005-11-25T19:18:32Z

    Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
    > Unless somebody else wants to do this, I'll discuss on -www how we can
    > get a page up on the .org site with this info on, so that we can be "CVE
    > compatible".
    
    IMHO we should do that in any case, whether or not we mention CVEs
    in our release notes or CVS logs in the future.  So go for it...
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  12. Re: [HACKERS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> — 2005-11-25T20:18:01Z

    If someone wants to create a separate web page to track fixes related to
    CVE number, that is fine.  My guess is that most people reading the
    release notes don't care about the CVE numbers themselves (just that
    each release has all known security bugs fixed), and most bugs that are
    fixed don't have CVE numbers at commit time.
    
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    > Bruce Momjian wrote:
    > > I am not excited about referencing error numbers from someone else. 
    > > We know our errors better than anyone else, so I don't see the point.
    > 
    > The point is, *we* might know our error numbers, but the rest of the 
    > world doesn't.
    > 
    > And CVE isn't just "someone".  A large number of security groups, 
    > government agencies, and OS distributors are involved there.  Using CVE 
    > numbers, the public can, say, correlate bugtraq or CERT announcements 
    > or Red Hat or Debian bugs to PostgreSQL patches and releases.  
    > Copy-and-pasting the CVE number into the patch message or release note 
    > entry really isn't that much to ask for that service.
    > 
    > -- 
    > Peter Eisentraut
    > http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
    > 
    
    -- 
      Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
      pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 359-1001
      +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
      +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
    
    
  13. Re: [BUGS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> — 2005-11-25T20:38:57Z

    On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 14:18 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
    > Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
    > > Unless somebody else wants to do this, I'll discuss on -www how we can
    > > get a page up on the .org site with this info on, so that we can be "CVE
    > > compatible".
    > 
    > IMHO we should do that in any case, whether or not we mention CVEs
    > in our release notes or CVS logs in the future.  So go for it...
    
    Can I suggest a new web page at
    http://www.postgresql.org/support/security
    with links from the support page and a ShortCut from the home page,
    called "Security Information".
    
    The main page title could be Security Information, modelled where
    appropriate on http://www.us.debian.org/security/ but not too closely.
    
    We can put a link to this from release notes, so they will by reference
    include the security information.
    
    Not sure of the submission process/guidelines/format. Can someone send
    me the link to the FAQ, cos I can't find it on the main wwweb site. 
    
    Best Regards, Simon Riggs
    
    
    
    
  14. Re: [HACKERS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to

    John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> — 2005-11-25T20:42:56Z

    Bruce Momjian wrote:
    > If someone wants to create a separate web page to track fixes related to
    > CVE number, that is fine.  My guess is that most people reading the
    > release notes don't care about the CVE numbers themselves (just that
    > each release has all known security bugs fixed), and most bugs that are
    > fixed don't have CVE numbers at commit time.
    
    I think its quite reasonable for the one line description of a postgres 
    bug to reference "CVE-2005-0247 multiple buffer overflows..." or 
    whatever, I guess it kind of depends on which came first...  if the CVE 
    security item came first, and was entered into the PGSQL bug tracker, 
    then this makes a LOT of sense.  if the CVE folks create their entry 
    AFTER the bug has been entered into PGSQL, it makes less sense.
    
    
  15. Re: [HACKERS] BUG #2052: Federal Agency Tech Hub Refuses to Accept

    Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> — 2005-11-25T22:57:20Z

    John R Pierce wrote:
    > Bruce Momjian wrote:
    > > If someone wants to create a separate web page to track fixes related to
    > > CVE number, that is fine.  My guess is that most people reading the
    > > release notes don't care about the CVE numbers themselves (just that
    > > each release has all known security bugs fixed), and most bugs that are
    > > fixed don't have CVE numbers at commit time.
    > 
    > I think its quite reasonable for the one line description of a postgres 
    > bug to reference "CVE-2005-0247 multiple buffer overflows..." or 
    > whatever, I guess it kind of depends on which came first...  if the CVE 
    > security item came first, and was entered into the PGSQL bug tracker, 
    > then this makes a LOT of sense.  if the CVE folks create their entry 
    > AFTER the bug has been entered into PGSQL, it makes less sense.
    
    We don't have a bug tracker, see the current FAQ.
    
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