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> This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.29.
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> A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
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> Use a separate interpreter for each calling SQL userid in PL/Perl and
PL/Tcl (Tom Lane)
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> This change prevents security problems that can be caused by subverting
Perl or Tcl code that will be executed later in the same session under
another SQL user identity (for example, within a <TT
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DEFINER</TT
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that might be done, such as redefining standard functions or operators
called by the target function. Without this change, any SQL user with
Perl or Tcl language usage rights can do essentially anything with the
SQL privileges of the target function's owner.
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> The cost of this change is that intentional communication among Perl
and Tcl functions becomes more difficult. To provide an escape hatch,
PL/PerlU and PL/TclU functions continue to use only one interpreter
per session. This is not considered a security issue since all such
functions execute at the trust level of a database superuser already.
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> It is likely that third-party procedural languages that claim to offer
trusted execution have similar security issues. We advise contacting
the authors of any PL you are depending on for security-critical
purposes.
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> Our thanks to Tim Bunce for pointing out this issue (CVE-2010-3433).
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> Prevent possible crashes in <CODE
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>pg_get_expr()</CODE
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it from being called with an argument that is not one of the system
catalog columns it's intended to be used with
(Heikki Linnakangas, Tom Lane)
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> Fix <SPAN
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> This occurred when a sub-select contains a join alias reference that
expands into an expression containing another sub-select.
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> Take care to fsync the contents of lockfiles (both
<TT
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(Tom Lane)
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> This omission could result in corrupted lockfile contents if the
machine crashes shortly after postmaster start. That could in turn
prevent subsequent attempts to start the postmaster from succeeding,
until the lockfile is manually removed.
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> Improve <TT
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dropped columns (Tom Lane)
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> Fix connection leak after <SPAN
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errors in <TT
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> Update build infrastructure and documentation to reflect the source code
repository's move from CVS to Git (Magnus Hagander and others)
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