Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: marcin mank <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings
Date: 2010-02-03 22:57:01
Message-ID: 4B69FF3D.9010107@dunslane.net
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marcin mank wrote:
> A certain prominent web framework has a nasty SQL injection bug when
> PG is configured with SCS. This bug is not present without SCS
> (details per email for interested PG hackers). I say, hold it off.
>
>
>

Any web framework that interpolates user supplied values into SQL rather
than using placeholders is broken from the get go, IMNSHO. I'm not
saying that there aren't reasons to hold up moving to SCS, but this
isn't one of them.

cheers

andrew

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