May 2005

ID: 00393
Ref: 363/05
Date: 09 May 2005:16:37:14
Version: 1

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Title: phpBB - version 2.0.1.5 released
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phpBB - version 2.0.1.5 released

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PLEASE NOTE- The following is a plain text copy of a phpBB announcement page
which is located at:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=288194



Hi everyone,

phpBB Group announces the release of phpBB 2.0.15, the "summer needs to be hot" release.
This release addresses some bugfixes and addressing some security issues, one being
serious. With this release the admin re-authentication security feature from phpBB Olympus
has been backported to the 2.0.x branch too.

To fix the serious issue, please apply the following code changes:

In includes/bbcode.php

Find:

- ----------------------------
Code:

{
global $lang, $bbcode_tpl;
- ----------------------------

After, add:
- ----------------------------
Code:

$text = preg_replace('#(script|about|applet|activex|chrome):#is', "\\1:", $text);
- ----------------------------


Find:
- ----------------------------
Code:

*/
function make_clickable($text)
{
- ----------------------------


After, Add:
- ----------------------------
Code:

$text = preg_replace('#(script|about|applet|activex|chrome):#is', "\\1:", $text);
- ----------------------------


It is highly recommended to apply the complete update though.

Language authors please note that one language variable has been added too.

As with all new releases we urge you to update as soon as possible. You can of course find
this download available on our downloads page. As per usual three packages are available
to simplify your update.

Full Package
Contains entire phpBB2 source and English language package

Changed Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB. Please note this archive
contains changed files for each previous release

Patch Files
Contains patch compatible patches from the previous versions of phpBB.

Select whichever package is most suitable for you.


Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with
installation or updates!.


What has changed in this release?

The changelog (contained within this release) is as follows:

* Fixed moderator status removal in groupcp.php
* Removed newlines after ?> on some files - Thoul
* Added admin re-authentication (admin needs to login seperatly to access the ACP)
- backported from Olympus
* Fixed vulnerability in url/bbcode handling functions - PapaDos and Paul/Zhen-Xjell from
CastleCops
* Fixed issue in admin/admin_forums.php
* Suppressed warning message for fsockopen in /includes/smtp.php - Thoul
* Fixed bug in admin/admin_smilies.php (admin is able to add empty smilies) - Exy
* Adjusted documents to reflect the urgent need to update the files too (not only running
the database update script)
* Updated the readme file
* Added one new language variable
* Added general error if accessing profile for a non-existent user
* Changed session id generation to be more unique - Henno Joosep
* Fixed bug in highlight code to escape characters correctly
* Reversed the 2.0.14 fix for postgresql because it produced more problems than it solves.
* Added reference to article written by R45 about case-sensitivity in postgreSQL to the
readme file
* Fixed bypassing of validate_username on registration - Yen
* Empty url/img bbcodes no longer get parsed

As always, our Code Changes Tutorial is available too for those with heavily modded boards.
It can be downloaded from this location .