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HQbird 2024R Update 12

IBSurgeon releases HQbird 2024R Update 12: download here.

Implemented a privilege separation mechanism for administrator and guest access. The guest account now has updated default credentials:
- access.guest-login = viewer
- access.guest-password = password 4 viewer
Added validation and uniqueness requirement for database registration names.
Several error messages have been corrected.
Implemented a logout mechanism for web interface users (digest authentication mode).
Local storage cleanup is now combined with logout.
Added the ability to reset and set the "replica" flag in the database file (additional icons in widgets). Tested on Firebird 5 only.
The Windows installer now generates a versions.json file with a detailed description of what is installed and where.
Minor syntax fixes.

Backup-restore-replace task: added a check for the existence of the target directory when verifying available disk space, with automatic creation if the directory is missing.
Segment sending task: corrected the data source displayed in the widget; improved forced status reset (clears potential error state after a long pause between iterations or when the task is disabled).
Fixed false case-sensitivity when checking uniqueness of database identifiers and names.
Fixed display of client library version tables for Firebird 3 when rdb$config tables are absent.

Bundled Firebird builds updated to: 5.0.5.1837, 4.0.8.3286, and 3.0.15.33868.

Key changes:

Fixed a heap buffer overflow in the REPLACE() function (CVE/GHSA-vfr2-ff6c-7mxw).
Fixed vulnerability GHSA-jprr-w4f8-43q3: profiler data is now restricted to the owning user or users holding the PROFILE_ANY_ATTACHMENT privilege.
Prevented directory traversal during UDR module loading.
Added missing privilege checks for the COMMENT ON PARAMETER command on functions in packages (#8806).

Fixed incorrect results for DISTINCT combined with IN/EXISTS converted into a semi-join (#9063).
Fixed a spurious foreign key violation for [var]binary types when PK and FK indexes have opposite directions (#9059).
Fixed stale inline-blob content returned on same-transaction re-read after blob id reuse (#9060).
Fixed SIMILAR TO with wildcards combined with the OR operator (#9040).
Fixed client-side memory leaks during connect/disconnect cycles in fbclient (#9014).
Fixed integer overflow in UDF backward compatibility layer (#9025).

The include_table_modify trace filter now takes the "Locks" and "Conflicts" counters into account.
Switched to Windows-2022 runner pending proper VS 2026 support.

Fixed a heap buffer overflow in the REPLACE() function (CVE/GHSA-vfr2-ff6c-7mxw).
Added missing privilege checks for the COMMENT ON PARAMETER command on functions in packages (#8806).
Fixed a spurious foreign key violation for [var]binary types when PK and FK indexes have opposite directions (#9059).
Fixed client-side memory leaks during connect/disconnect cycles in fbclient (#9014).
Fixed MAKE_DBKEY malfunction after backup/restore (#8168).

Fixed a heap buffer overflow in the REPLACE() function (CVE/GHSA-vfr2-ff6c-7mxw).
Added missing privilege checks for the COMMENT ON PARAMETER command on functions in packages (#8806).
Fixed a spurious foreign key violation for [var]binary types when PK and FK indexes have opposite directions (#9059).
Fixed client-side memory leaks during connect/disconnect cycles in fbclient (#9014).
Fixed missing OS error text in certain I/O error reporting cases.