Sunday, July 26, 2009

[updates] Joomla and WordPress security updates

As promised, Fantastico has provided the following updates:

* Joomla 1.5: 1.5.12 -> 1.5.13
* Open-Realty: 2.5.6 -> 2.5.7
* SMF: 1.1.9 -> 1.1.10
* TYPO3: 4.2.1 -> 4.2.8
* WordPress: 2.8 -> 2.8.2

Joomla and WordPress are critical security updates, and should be applied ASAP.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Software updates available through Fantastico

The following updates are available through Fantastico's auto-installer:

* Coppermine Photo Gallery: 1.4.20 -> 1.4.25
* Drupal: 6.10 -> 6.13
* Joomla 1.5: 1.5.11 -> 1.5.12 ***
* LimeSurvey: 1.82+ -> 1.85+
* OpenX: 2.0.11-pr1 -> 2.8.1 (was "phpAdsNew")
* osTicket: 1.3.1 -> 1.6 RC5
* PHPlist: 2.10.9 -> 2.10.10
* phpWCMS: 1.1-RC4 Rev. A -> 1.4.2 r327
* TikiWiki: 3.0 -> 3.1
* Zen Cart: 1.3.8a -> 1.3.8a
* Zikula: 0.764 -> 1.1.1

*** Important Note: According to Fantastico support, critical releases for both Joomla (v1.5.13) and WordPress (v2.8.2) have just been released within the last couple of days, and will be included in the next Fantastico update which is expected within the next 24 hours.

It should be noted (once again) that Fantastico is an installer, not an "updater." Fantastico is designed to make it easy to install software, and though their developers are very diligent about providing the most update versions, it's the responsibility of the website owner and/or the person who installs the software/script to be aware of available security updates and patches.

New SSL certificate for Apollo server

The SSL certificate for the Apollo server was been renewed. Depending on the email client/software you use, you may need to re-accept the certificate for email, and/or also re-accept the certificate in your browser (or create a new exception, in the case of a domain mismatch).

This may need to be done any time a new certificate is installed or renewed. The hostname will always be the same, only the validity dates change.

If you have any questions about this please feel free to ask.