From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 01:24:17 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30F6234A for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2C8E5FA for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2F1OGkT055534 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:24:16 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 198588] databases/postgresql94-server default dependency on libxml2 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:24:16 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: mij@bitchx.it X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: pgsql@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: maintainer-feedback? X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter flagtypes.name Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:24:17 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198588 Bug ID: 198588 Summary: databases/postgresql94-server default dependency on libxml2 Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: pgsql@FreeBSD.org Reporter: mij@bitchx.it Assignee: pgsql@FreeBSD.org Flags: maintainer-feedback?(pgsql@FreeBSD.org) Hello folks, Thanks for maintaining PostgreSQL so efficiently on FreeBSD! The port's default config is to have "XML" enabled by default. This adds a dependency to libxml2, one of the ports with the worst security history [1]. This has 3 consequences: * bigger maintenance burden -- rebuilding the DBMS upon any libxml2 vulnerability, i.e. multiple/many times per year * lower uptime -- restarting the DBMS for every rebuild * lower security in default installation -- postgresql insecure when libxml2 is The vanilla distribution of PostgreSQL has this disabled by default itself. I open for discussion if this default build option is worth maintaining. Do the majority of users make use of it? If not, I suggest making if off. cheers michele [1] https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=libxml2&search_type=last3years&cves=on -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.