Bypassing DBMS_ASSERT in certain situations

["David Litchfield" <davidl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DBMS_ASSERT can be used to prevent PL/SQL injection. In certain cases it can 
be bypassed. This is documented in a paper I wrote in July 2008 but am only 
publishing now: 
http://www.databasesecurity.com/oracle/Bypassing-DBMS_ASSERT.pdf
Cheers,
David Litchfield
NGSSoftware Ltd
http://www.ngssoftware.com/

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