How secure is v3.8.3

[digif]

There are security patches for v3.8.7, but not for v3.8.3, does that mean that they are secure enough or, they are not important anymore because of newer versions?

Thanks,
digif.

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I had problems with my hosting provider, telling me that it's causing server overloading, and today, they sent me this:

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: User beneamat_upgrade already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections
/home/beneamat/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 311

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Thursday, July 26th 2012 @ 02:24:06 AM
Error Date : Thursday, July 26th 2012 @ 02:24:13 AM
Script : http://www.beneamata.com/misc.php?do=showrules
Referrer :
IP Address : 82.193.99.55
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Someone can explain what happened?

[Simon Lloyd]

That error shown there is NOT the reason the server overloaded, that simply shows that you've reached the limit set on your server or imposed by your hosts on the max number of connections you can have at any one time, it doesn't mean that each single connection is a single person, here's some documentation http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman//5.5/en/too-many-connections.html

As for the security, the patches are for the vb3.8.x series, you can see all the security patches available to you in your members area at vb.com, download them and apply them and you'll be good as long as you've followed all the other advice on securing your forum :)