On 11/20/24 00:54, Subhash Udata wrote:
Dear PostgreSQL Community,
I have a query related to the recent security vulnerability,
*CVE-2024-10979*, concerning the PL/Perl extension.
From the advisory, it appears the vulnerability impacts systems
utilizing the PL/Perl extension. My question is:
* If we do not use the PL/Perl extension in our PostgreSQL instance,
is it still necessary to upgrade to the patched version of
PostgreSQL? Or can we safely continue using our current version
without concern?
Yes you should upgrade.
See the rest of the issues fixed:
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-171-165-159-1414-1317-and-1221-released-2955/
It has further CVE's.
Though I would wait until the out-of cycle release that lands
tomorrow(2024-11-21) is out, see:
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-november-21-2024-2958/
As it fixes some regressions in the previous release.
We would like to understand whether this vulnerability has any
implications for environments where the PL/Perl extension is not
installed or used.
Thank you so much for your guidance on this.
Best regards,
Subhash Udata
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
