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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2012-02-23 17:48:18 -0500 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2012-02-23 17:48:18 -0500 |
commit | ecabae5af98d2b238e82cb59b4fd9b00aad1e63d (patch) | |
tree | 35a1be0cf419cdb31b2b4cc0144ab942e6166ece | |
parent | a7f6cb85486b1f3eacd86155af2fdc20a1dc2bec (diff) | |
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Last-minute release note updates.
Security: CVE-2012-0866, CVE-2012-0867, CVE-2012-0868
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml index e80743f463b..09f867b527d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml @@ -36,6 +36,36 @@ <listitem> <para> + Require execute permission on the trigger function for + <command>CREATE TRIGGER</> (Robert Haas) + </para> + + <para> + This missing check could allow another user to execute a trigger + function with forged input data, by installing it on a table he owns. + This is only of significance for trigger functions marked + <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</>, since otherwise trigger functions run + as the table owner anyway. (CVE-2012-0866) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Convert newlines to spaces in names written in <application>pg_dump</> + comments (Robert Haas) + </para> + + <para> + <application>pg_dump</> was incautious about sanitizing object names + that are emitted within SQL comments in its output script. A name + containing a newline would at least render the script syntactically + incorrect. Maliciously crafted object names could present a SQL + injection risk when the script is reloaded. (CVE-2012-0868) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> Fix btree index corruption from insertions concurrent with vacuuming (Tom Lane) </para> |