Re: Security Release

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:21:00AM -0700, Lee Wu wrote:

> I have some questions regarding post date on Feb 1, 2005

> 1.    What is "LOAD" option it referred?

The SQL command used to load dynamic libraries.

> 2.    Which versions does the security hole affect? (Back from 7.2
> till 8.0?)
>
>       Link
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-02/msg00384.php
> <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-02/msg00384.php>
> says "Version(s): 8.0.1, 7.4.7, 7.3.9, 7.2.7",
>       does that mean this security only occur in those versions?

Releases previous to 7.2 are not supported, so no patch is produced even
if they are affected.

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