Re: CVE-2024-10979 Vulnerability Impact on PostgreSQL 11.10

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 4:01 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <
a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

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> On 11/22/24 10:00, Matthias Apitz wrote:
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> Why not decouple client libs from the server ? i.e. psql works great
> with many versions greater than its own. And certainly with same major
> versions. You could retain the same client libs and just upgrade the
> PgSQL server to the highest minor version of the major version that you
> support.
>

Small VARs that sell turnkey solutions would rather bundle everything
together.  One application version, one database version, one OS version,
one set of hardware, all bundled up and sold to a tech-illiterate customer
that doesn't employ a DBA or SysAdmin.  That way, when something
stops working, you aren't guessing if it's this patch, that patch, etc etc.

Not saying that Matthias works for such a VAR, but such companies
definitely exist.

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