Joomla 1.5.9 Released [Security Upgrade]
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:41 am
Security
One low-level and one high-level security issue were fixed in this release:
High Priority: Directory Traversal. A crafted request can allow an attacker to view directory trees on the server. Note: contents of files cannot be edited or deleted, just viewed. More information ?
Low Priority: SSL Session Token Disclosure. When running a site as SSL ONLY, if a non-SSL request is made, an attacker can obtain the session token. There is NO risk for Web sites that use both HTTP and HTTPS. More information ?
For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.
Components
Fixed Contact Page so that a blank page is not displayed when vCard is not enabled, but is selected in the Contact Parameters (10680)
Resolved problem with Category View Table where filter did not work when cache was enabled (10840)
vCard no longer displays excess spaces (11871)
Small change in components/com_banners/models/banner.php (12577)
Resolved invalid XHTML 1.0 Transitional issues introduced in 1.5.7 for the Contact form (12868)
Fixed problem that resulted in erroneous '404 - Contact not found' page for dropdown in Contact View (12989)
Fixed Contact Category URL problems (13045)
Fulltext Search for Uncategorized and Archived Articles is now working (13490)
onPrepareContent issue for non-com_content Components resulting in a warning message has been resolved (13505)
'Change Contact Details' link now loads correct page (13542)
Contact image not displaying in front end (13643)
Front-end article submission no longer auto-populates, finish publishing date with same date as start publishing (13673)
Media Manager Javascript error: "Object doesn't support this property or method" that presented for IE has been fixed (13761)
Space between meta keywords no longer removed when saving Articles (13794)
com_installer Module View now correctly displays Author e-mail and URL (13942)
Robots and Author meta retained when copying Articles (13949)
Article Archive pagination fixed (14070)
Correction so that unregistered site visitors can no longer access PDF for registered Articles (14196)
Hits filter in Category List fixed (14390)
Resolved problem where "Register to read more" incorrectly redirected to Front Page, rather than Article (14392)
Poll error message resolved (14394)
Resolved problem where Category List failed to retain Column Sort preference when navigating to a different page (14398)
Resolved problem in Category List where changing Display # to All in page 2 of list would display no results (12932)
Category List now correctly shows filtering option in use (14402)
Corrected 404 error that resulted when menu access was set to Public and Contact Item is Registered (14412)
Modules
New modules can now be added, even when there are no modules entries already defined (11874)
Inconsistency removed for Login/Logout Redirection page of mod_login (13611)
JMenu getMenu() doc error corrected (13617)
Archive Module Count Parameter and Tool Tip corrections (13694)
STRPOS error corrected when editing Alias Menu Item (13909)
Toolbar Image now points to an existing image (14171)
Plugins
OpenID upgraded to 2.0 protocol, now works with Yahoo (12217)
plgSystemCache plugin now respect site and page language (12115)
Page string in plugins/content/pagebreak.php is now properly externalized (12730)
Legacy Plugin - Login Timeout resolved (13662)
Access level for Plugins fixed (14106)
Fixed OpenID Transition issues (14433)
Legacy
No issues fixed for this release
Language
Language INI files that were incorrectly encoded using UTF-8 with BOM have been fixed (13499)
Untranslated strings in en-GB.ini after SVN 11236 are fixed (13514)
Fixed untranslated strings in com_weblinks (13608)
Fixed untranslated strings in com_contact (13626)
Fixed untranslated Strings in admin/mod_feed (13666)
Spacer values are now translatable (14308)
Fixed issue with JA_Purity spacer so that it is now translatable (14360)
Resolved remaining English string hard-coded in mod_search (14374)
String missing in en-GB.com_installer.ini (14389)
Resolved untranslated language string for "Email a Friend" feature (14395)
Tooltip language string in com_config corrected (13633)
Administrator
Added better tooltip text for the Help Server Reset button in Global Configuration System Settings (12023)
Toolbar & value fixed for Media Manager button (12841)
JInstallerHelper Class Function description has been corrected (13574)
Help screens made (13616)
Remove default filter for Super Admininistrator and fix filter whitelist problem (13770)
Corrected error where Editor deleted content for default filter; UTF-8 compatibility is now enforced with JInputFilter (13901)
Removed old dev.joomla.org links (14227)
System
query_batch corrected for SQL error (12247)
uri.php changes made in 1.5.7 no longer break back-end URLs if $live_site=Http has an uppercase H (12812)
JFolder::delete bug fixed when folder contain symbolic links on folders (12939)
Typo in sample_data.sql resolved (13549)
License correction for PHPMailer in CREDITS.php (13811)
Fixed error that resulted from invoking JDatabase::Query() more than once (13860)
Cache space is now correctly released (14317)
String bug for strspn() resolved (14339)
Weird characters removed from LICENSES.php file (14408)
Removed outdated link in the installer language file (14410)
Fixed typo in Cache Manager (14434)
Updated Archive_Tar to relicensed BSD version (12746)
Statistics for the 1.5.9 release period:
Joomla 1.5.9 contains:
81 issues fixed in SVN
55 commits
Tracker activity resulted in a net decrease of 1 active issue:
169 new reports
92 closed
81 fixed in SVN
At the time the 1.5.9 release was packaged, the tracker had 113 active issues:
63 open
47 confirmed
3 pending
Een Nederlandse vertaling van de release notes is eventueel wel te lezen op http://www.joomlacommunity.eu/joomla-ve ... geven.html
One low-level and one high-level security issue were fixed in this release:
High Priority: Directory Traversal. A crafted request can allow an attacker to view directory trees on the server. Note: contents of files cannot be edited or deleted, just viewed. More information ?
Low Priority: SSL Session Token Disclosure. When running a site as SSL ONLY, if a non-SSL request is made, an attacker can obtain the session token. There is NO risk for Web sites that use both HTTP and HTTPS. More information ?
For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.
Components
Fixed Contact Page so that a blank page is not displayed when vCard is not enabled, but is selected in the Contact Parameters (10680)
Resolved problem with Category View Table where filter did not work when cache was enabled (10840)
vCard no longer displays excess spaces (11871)
Small change in components/com_banners/models/banner.php (12577)
Resolved invalid XHTML 1.0 Transitional issues introduced in 1.5.7 for the Contact form (12868)
Fixed problem that resulted in erroneous '404 - Contact not found' page for dropdown in Contact View (12989)
Fixed Contact Category URL problems (13045)
Fulltext Search for Uncategorized and Archived Articles is now working (13490)
onPrepareContent issue for non-com_content Components resulting in a warning message has been resolved (13505)
'Change Contact Details' link now loads correct page (13542)
Contact image not displaying in front end (13643)
Front-end article submission no longer auto-populates, finish publishing date with same date as start publishing (13673)
Media Manager Javascript error: "Object doesn't support this property or method" that presented for IE has been fixed (13761)
Space between meta keywords no longer removed when saving Articles (13794)
com_installer Module View now correctly displays Author e-mail and URL (13942)
Robots and Author meta retained when copying Articles (13949)
Article Archive pagination fixed (14070)
Correction so that unregistered site visitors can no longer access PDF for registered Articles (14196)
Hits filter in Category List fixed (14390)
Resolved problem where "Register to read more" incorrectly redirected to Front Page, rather than Article (14392)
Poll error message resolved (14394)
Resolved problem where Category List failed to retain Column Sort preference when navigating to a different page (14398)
Resolved problem in Category List where changing Display # to All in page 2 of list would display no results (12932)
Category List now correctly shows filtering option in use (14402)
Corrected 404 error that resulted when menu access was set to Public and Contact Item is Registered (14412)
Modules
New modules can now be added, even when there are no modules entries already defined (11874)
Inconsistency removed for Login/Logout Redirection page of mod_login (13611)
JMenu getMenu() doc error corrected (13617)
Archive Module Count Parameter and Tool Tip corrections (13694)
STRPOS error corrected when editing Alias Menu Item (13909)
Toolbar Image now points to an existing image (14171)
Plugins
OpenID upgraded to 2.0 protocol, now works with Yahoo (12217)
plgSystemCache plugin now respect site and page language (12115)
Page string in plugins/content/pagebreak.php is now properly externalized (12730)
Legacy Plugin - Login Timeout resolved (13662)
Access level for Plugins fixed (14106)
Fixed OpenID Transition issues (14433)
Legacy
No issues fixed for this release
Language
Language INI files that were incorrectly encoded using UTF-8 with BOM have been fixed (13499)
Untranslated strings in en-GB.ini after SVN 11236 are fixed (13514)
Fixed untranslated strings in com_weblinks (13608)
Fixed untranslated strings in com_contact (13626)
Fixed untranslated Strings in admin/mod_feed (13666)
Spacer values are now translatable (14308)
Fixed issue with JA_Purity spacer so that it is now translatable (14360)
Resolved remaining English string hard-coded in mod_search (14374)
String missing in en-GB.com_installer.ini (14389)
Resolved untranslated language string for "Email a Friend" feature (14395)
Tooltip language string in com_config corrected (13633)
Administrator
Added better tooltip text for the Help Server Reset button in Global Configuration System Settings (12023)
Toolbar & value fixed for Media Manager button (12841)
JInstallerHelper Class Function description has been corrected (13574)
Help screens made (13616)
Remove default filter for Super Admininistrator and fix filter whitelist problem (13770)
Corrected error where Editor deleted content for default filter; UTF-8 compatibility is now enforced with JInputFilter (13901)
Removed old dev.joomla.org links (14227)
System
query_batch corrected for SQL error (12247)
uri.php changes made in 1.5.7 no longer break back-end URLs if $live_site=Http has an uppercase H (12812)
JFolder::delete bug fixed when folder contain symbolic links on folders (12939)
Typo in sample_data.sql resolved (13549)
License correction for PHPMailer in CREDITS.php (13811)
Fixed error that resulted from invoking JDatabase::Query() more than once (13860)
Cache space is now correctly released (14317)
String bug for strspn() resolved (14339)
Weird characters removed from LICENSES.php file (14408)
Removed outdated link in the installer language file (14410)
Fixed typo in Cache Manager (14434)
Updated Archive_Tar to relicensed BSD version (12746)
Statistics for the 1.5.9 release period:
Joomla 1.5.9 contains:
81 issues fixed in SVN
55 commits
Tracker activity resulted in a net decrease of 1 active issue:
169 new reports
92 closed
81 fixed in SVN
At the time the 1.5.9 release was packaged, the tracker had 113 active issues:
63 open
47 confirmed
3 pending
Een Nederlandse vertaling van de release notes is eventueel wel te lezen op http://www.joomlacommunity.eu/joomla-ve ... geven.html
.