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Re:PostgreSQL 9.2.4, 9.1.9, 9.0.13 and 8.4.17 released by rst on Thursday April 04, 2013 @11:39AM (#5493252)
A firewall might be adequate; configuring postgres itself seems not to be. The vulnerable code is invoked before client authentication, so anyone who can make a tcp connection to the postmaster process can exploit the attack, even if their source IP would otherwise get them unconditionally bounced.
Re:PostgreSQL 9.2.4, 9.1.9, 9.0.13 and 8.4.17 released by fulafel on Thursday April 04, 2013 @12:26PM (#5493506)
you don't need a firewall as long as you don't turn on remote connections. that's the listen_address option.