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Joomla! 1.5.6 Released
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Joomla 1.5.6 Security Release

The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani]. This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately.

For more information about this exploit, visit the Joomla Security Blog http://developer.joomla.org/security.html.


Instructions

* New installation
* Upgrade from an existing Joomla! 1.5 version
* Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x
* See below for manual installation instructions

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Release Notes

* SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed security hole in reset logic to check for proper token length.