E.240. Release 8.0.13
Release date: 2007-04-23
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.12, including a security fix. For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see Section E.253 .
E.240.1. Migration to Version 8.0.13
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see Section E.247 .
E.240.2. Changes
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Support explicit placement of the temporary-table schema within
search_path, and disable searching it for functions and operators (Tom)This is needed to allow a security-definer function to set a truly secure value of
search_path. Without it, an unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code with the privileges of the security-definer function (CVE-2007-2138). SeeCREATE FUNCTIONfor more information. -
/contrib/tsearch2crash fixes (Teodor) -
Fix potential-data-corruption bug in how
VACUUM FULLhandlesUPDATEchains (Tom, Pavan Deolasee) -
Fix PANIC during enlargement of a hash index (bug introduced in 8.0.10) (Tom)
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Fix POSIX-style timezone specs to follow new USA DST rules (Tom)