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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml index c729f3d313c..f3fb950e7d4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,110 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-16-8"> + <title>Release 16.8</title> + + <formalpara> + <title>Release date:</title> + <para>2025-02-20</para> + </formalpara> + + <para> + This release contains a few fixes from 16.7. + For information about new features in major release 16, see + <xref linkend="release-16"/>. + </para> + + <sect2 id="release-16-8-migration"> + <title>Migration to Version 16.8</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 16.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 16.5, + see <xref linkend="release-16-5"/>. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="release-16-8-changes"> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> +Branch: master [efdadeb22] 2025-02-14 18:09:19 -0500 +Branch: REL_17_STABLE [a92db3d02] 2025-02-14 18:09:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_16_STABLE [111f4dd27] 2025-02-14 18:09:23 -0500 +Branch: REL_15_STABLE [22ffbbf24] 2025-02-14 18:09:24 -0500 +Branch: REL_14_STABLE [985908df1] 2025-02-14 18:09:25 -0500 +Branch: REL_13_STABLE [1f7a05324] 2025-02-14 18:09:27 -0500 +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master [9f45e6a91] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_17_STABLE [3abe6e04c] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_16_STABLE [991a60a9f] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_15_STABLE [e782a63cc] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_14_STABLE [c08309584] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Branch: REL_13_STABLE [d6d29b213] 2025-02-15 16:20:21 -0500 +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: master [a7f95859e] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +Branch: REL_17_STABLE [3977bd298] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +Branch: REL_16_STABLE [644b7d686] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +Branch: REL_15_STABLE [2226a2e26] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +Branch: REL_14_STABLE [f864a4cdf] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +Branch: REL_13_STABLE [9f052613e] 2025-02-16 12:46:35 -0500 +--> + <para> + Improve behavior of <application>libpq</application>'s quoting + functions (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) + <ulink url="&commit_baseurl;111f4dd27">§</ulink> + <ulink url="&commit_baseurl;991a60a9f">§</ulink> + <ulink url="&commit_baseurl;644b7d686">§</ulink> + </para> + + <para> + The changes made for CVE-2025-1094 had one serious oversight: + <function>PQescapeLiteral()</function> + and <function>PQescapeIdentifier()</function> failed to honor their + string length parameter, instead always reading to the input + string's trailing null. This resulted in including unwanted text in + the output, if the caller intended to truncate the string via the + length parameter. With very bad luck it could cause a crash due to + reading off the end of memory. + </para> + + <para> + In addition, modify all these quoting functions so that when invalid + encoding is detected, an invalid sequence is substituted for just + the first byte of the presumed character, not all of it. This + reduces the risk of problems if a calling application performs + additional processing on the quoted string. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> +Branch: master [b64d83115] 2025-02-12 08:15:53 -0500 +Branch: REL_17_STABLE [c9a1d2135] 2025-02-12 08:15:53 -0500 +Branch: REL_16_STABLE [01cdb98e4] 2025-02-12 08:15:54 -0500 +--> + <para> + Fix meson build system to correctly detect availability of + the <filename>bsd_auth.h</filename> system header + (Nazir Bilal Yavuz) + <ulink url="&commit_baseurl;01cdb98e4">§</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-16-7"> <title>Release 16.7</title> |