[SECURITY] DoS attack on backend possible (was: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src)

Florian Weimer <weimer@cert.uni-stuttgart.de>

From: Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-08-09T19:50:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE> writes:

> Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> writes:
>
>> Thomas can correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe these changes apply
>> to the new integer datetime code
>
> No, it's possible to crash the backend in 7.2, too.

And 7.2.1, of course.

Let me ask again: Do you plan to address this in an update for 7.2.1?

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