Re: Correct escaping of untrusted data

From: Olivier Guilyardi <ml(at)xung(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Correct escaping of untrusted data
Date: 2004-07-31 19:44:18
Message-ID: 410BF692.9000604@xung.org
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Geoff Caplan wrote:

> Are the standard escaping functions found in the PHP, Tcl etc APIs to
> Postgres bombproof? Are there any encodings that might slip through
> and be cast to malicious strings inside Postgres? What about functions
> like convert(): could they be used to slip something through the
> escaping function?

What about writing nessus plugin(s) or a specific scanner for these
escaping issues ? I don't know if a such thing already exists...

--
Olivier

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