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>   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.20,
   including fixes for significant security issues.
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>    A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X.  However,
    if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release
    notes for 7.3.13.
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>      Prevent functions in indexes from executing with the privileges of
      the user running <TT
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>VACUUM</TT
>, <TT
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>ANALYZE</TT
>, etc (Tom)
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>      Functions used in index expressions and partial-index
      predicates are evaluated whenever a new table entry is made.  It has
      long been understood that this poses a risk of trojan-horse code
      execution if one modifies a table owned by an untrustworthy user.
      (Note that triggers, defaults, check constraints, etc. pose the
      same type of risk.)  But functions in indexes pose extra danger
      because they will be executed by routine maintenance operations
      such as <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>VACUUM FULL</TT
>, which are commonly performed
      automatically under a superuser account.  For example, a nefarious user
      can execute code with superuser privileges by setting up a
      trojan-horse index definition and waiting for the next routine vacuum.
      The fix arranges for standard maintenance operations
      (including <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>VACUUM</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ANALYZE</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>REINDEX</TT
>,
      and <TT
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>CLUSTER</TT
>) to execute as the table owner rather than
      the calling user, using the same privilege-switching mechanism already
      used for <TT
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>SECURITY DEFINER</TT
> functions.  To prevent bypassing
      this security measure, execution of <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SET SESSION
      AUTHORIZATION</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SET ROLE</TT
> is now forbidden within a
      <TT
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>SECURITY DEFINER</TT
> context.  (CVE-2007-6600)
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>      Require non-superusers who use <TT
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>/contrib/dblink</TT
> to use only
      password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
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>      The fix that appeared for this in 7.3.20 was incomplete, as it plugged
      the hole for only some <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>dblink</TT
> functions.  (CVE-2007-6601,
      CVE-2007-3278)
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>      Fix potential crash in <CODE
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>translate()</CODE
> when using a multibyte
      database encoding (Tom)
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>      Make <TT
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>contrib/tablefunc</TT
>'s <CODE
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>crosstab()</CODE
> handle
      NULL rowid as a category in its own right, rather than crashing (Joe)
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>      Require a specific version of <SPAN
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      when re-generating the <TT
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>      This affects developers and packagers only.  The change was made
      to prevent accidental use of untested combinations of
      <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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      You can remove the version check if you really want to use a
      different <SPAN
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      your responsibility whether the result works or not.
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