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From:
Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it>
Subject:
Re: [security] net/synapse 1.105.1
To:
Landry Breuil <landry@openbsd.org>
Cc:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:51:50 +0200

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On 4/29/24 1:17 PM, Landry Breuil wrote:
> Le Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:18:24AM +0200, Renaud Allard a écrit :
>>
>>
>> On 4/29/24 9:43 AM, Landry Breuil wrote:
>>> Le Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 09:38:25AM +0200, Renaud Allard a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> This is a small update for net/synapse to 1.105.1 to solve CVE-2024-31208
>>>
>>> can you assess whether this should be backported to 7.5-stable, only a
>>> single commit, the complete update ?
>>>
>> The commit for the fix is https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/55b0aa847a61774b6a3acdc4b177a20dc019f01a
>>
>> It seems it affects all versions prior to 1.105.1.
>> I don't think backporting the whole version is really an issue, it might be
>> more simple than to just add the fix. There are no breaking changes between
>> the versions and I have tested the backport on -stable.
>>
>> Given that it can more or less corrupt the database by filling the disk, it
>> might be a good idea to backport it to -stable.
> 
> the only drawback i can see is that the fix bumps the database schema
> version, so it requires an update of the database after applying the fix ?

Yes, that's why I think it's better to backport the full version instead 
of applying the patch alone as this could bring issues later.