Re: [SECURITY] DoS attack on backend possible (was: Re:

Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> writes:
> Am I understanding this right:
>  - A PostgreSQL 7.2.1 server can be crashed if it gets passed certain
> date values which would be accepted by standard "front end" parsing? 

AFAIK it's a buffer overrun issue, so anything that looks like a
reasonable date would *not* cause the problem.
        regards, tom lane