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diff --git a/docs/en/rel_notes.txt b/docs/en/rel_notes.txt index ad97cb65a..5124608ab 100644 --- a/docs/en/rel_notes.txt +++ b/docs/en/rel_notes.txt @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ -After many hours of banging heads against brick walls and -much imbibed caffeine, the Bugzilla team is proud to -announce Bugzilla 2.14. +2.16 has not been released yet - these are prerelease notes. -This release is primarily a security release, in order to -rectify security issues. However, some other important -changes were made. +Insert nice little intro for version 2.16 here. -Recommended Practice For The Upgrade ------------------------------------- +************************** +*** ABOUT THIS VERSION *** +************************** + +Bug numbers referenced in this document are all on +bugzilla.mozilla.org unless otherwise specified. + +*** Recommended Practice For The Upgrade *** As always, please ensure you have ran checksetup.pl after replacing the files in your installation. @@ -29,12 +31,124 @@ available to enterprising individuals. This includes the localconfig file and the entire data directory. Please see the Bugzilla Guide for more information. -************************** -*** ABOUT THIS VERSION *** -************************** +*** Dependency Requirements *** + +MySQL v??? +Perl v??? +DBI v1.13 +DBD::MySQL v1.2209 +AppConfig v1.52 +Template v2.06 +Text::Wrap v20001.0131 +Data::Dumper, Date::Parse, CGI::Carp (any) +GD v1.19 (optional) +Chart::Base v0.99 (optional) +XML::Parser (any) + +*** Deprecated Features *** + +??? + +*** Outstanding Issues Of Note *** + +- Renaming or removing keywords will not update the "keyword + cache", and queries on keywords may not work properly, until + you rebuild the cache on the sanity check page + (sanitycheck.cgi). The changer will receive a warning to do + this when altering the keyword. + (bug 69621) +- Email notifications will not work out of the box if you are + using Postfix, Exim or possibly other non-SendMail mail + transfer agents, as Bugzilla sends mail by default in + "deferred" mode using the "-ODeliveryMode=deferred" command + line option, which needs to be supported by the sendmail + program. To fix this, you can turn on the "sendmailnow" + parameter on the Edit Parameters page (editparams.cgi). + (bug 50159) +??? + +************************************************************ +*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.1 OR EARLIER - 2.16 ISSUES *** +************************************************************ + +*** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** + +??? + +*** Other changes of note *** + +??? + +*** Bug fixes of note *** + +- Bug counts (on reports.cgi) were very slow if you had to + count a lot of bugs. + (bug 63249) +- The new options to let people see a bug when their name + is on it but who aren't in the groups the bug is restricted + to only allow people to view bugs if they know the bug number. + It still will not show up in these people's buglists and + they will not receive email about changes to the bugs. + (bugs 95024, 97469) +??? + +************************************************************ +*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14 OR EARLIER - 2.14.1 ISSUES *** +************************************************************ -Bugs referenced in the following text are bug numbers on -bugzilla.mozilla.org. +The 2.14.1 release fixes several security issues that became +known to us after the Bugzilla 2.14 release. + +*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** + +- If LDAP Authentication was being used, Bugzilla would allow + you to log in as anyone if you left the password blank. + (bug 54901) + +- It was possible to add comments or file a bug as someone else + by editing the HTML on the appropriate submission page before + submitting the form. User identity is checked now, and the + form values suggesting the user are now ignored. + (bug 108385, 108516) + +- The Product popup menu on the show_bug form listed all + products, even if the user didn't have access to all of them. + It now only shows products the user has access to (and the + product the bug is in, if the user is viewing it because of + some other override). + (bug 102141) + +- If a user had any blessgroupset privileges (the ability to + change only specific privileges for other users), it was + possible to change your own groupset (privileges) by + altering the page HTML before submitting on editusers.cgi. + (bug 108821) + +- An untrusted variable was echoed back to user in the HTML + output if there was a login error while editing votes. + (bug 98146) + +- buglist.cgi had an undocumented parameter that allowed you + to pass arbitrary SQL for the "WHERE" part of a query. + This has been disabled. (bug 108812) + +- It was possible for a user to send arbitrary SQL by inserting + single quotes in the "mybugslink" field in the user + preferences. (bug 108822) + +- buglist.cgi was not validating that the field names being + passed from the "boolean chart" query form were valid field + names, thus allowing arbitrary SQL to be inserted if you + edited the HTML by hand before submitting the form. + (bug 109679) + +- long_list.cgi was not validating that the bug ID parameter + was actually a number, allowing arbitrary SQL to be inserted + if you edited the HTML by hand. (bug 109690) + +********************************************************** +*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.12 OR EARLIER - 2.14 ISSUES *** +********************************************************** *** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** @@ -213,34 +327,6 @@ bugzilla.mozilla.org. queries could still be sent to the database. (bug 95082) -*** Outstanding issues of note *** - -- Bug counts (on reports.cgi) can be very slow if you have to - count a lot of bugs. In this case the connection can time - out before the page finishes loading. Extending the cgi - timeout on your web server might help this situation. - (bug 63249) -- Renaming or removing keywords will not update the "keyword - cache", and queries on keywords may not work properly, until - you rebuild the cache on the sanity check page - (sanitycheck.cgi). The changer will receive a warning to do - this when altering the keyword. - (bug 69621) -- Email notifications will not work out of the box if you are - using Postfix, Exim or possibly other non-SendMail mail - transfer agents, as Bugzilla sends mail by default in - "deferred" mode using the "-ODeliveryMode=deferred" command - line option, which needs to be supported by the sendmail - program. To fix this, you can turn on the "sendmailnow" - parameter on the Edit Parameters page (editparams.cgi). - (bug 50159) -- The new options to let people see a bug when their name - is on it but who aren't in the groups the bug is restricted - to only allow people to view bugs if they know the bug number. - It still will not show up in these people's buglists and - they will not receive email about changes to the bugs. - (bugs 95024, 97469) - ********************************************************** *** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.10 OR EARLIER - 2.12 ISSUES *** ********************************************************** |