Release 7.3.18
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Release Date: 2007-02-05
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.17, including a security fix.
E.227.1. Migration to Version 7.3.18
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 Section E.232 .
E.227.2. Changes
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Remove security vulnerability that allowed connected users to read backend memory (Tom)
The vulnerability involves changing the data type of a table column used in a SQL function (CVE-2007-0555). This error can easily be exploited to cause a backend crash, and in principle might be used to read database content that the user should not be able to access.
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Fix rare bug wherein btree index page splits could fail due to choosing an infeasible split point (Heikki Linnakangas)
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Tighten security of multi-byte character processing for UTF8 sequences over three bytes long (Tom)