Upgrading Forums Today, Expect Brief Downtime

Discussion in 'Community Announcements & News' started by Alex, Nov 19, 2005.

  1. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    I will be upgrading us to the latest vbulletin software (3.0.10) this evening when peak users die down. There is not much to this patch other than security fixes and such. It shouldnt take more than 10 minutes to upgrade, and then we'll all be back on our merry ol' ways.

    Cheers,
     
  2. miloman

    miloman Retired Admin

    oh no... 10 min without the forum :eek:hnoes:
     
  3. Weapon

    Weapon 90lbs of dynamite Supporting Member

    yea well you better not start it when im using this forum or else!!
    [​IMG]
     
  4. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    that pic is awesome
     
  5. Weapon

    Weapon 90lbs of dynamite Supporting Member

    yea..im full of awesome!!
     
  6. SnarkBreeder

    SnarkBreeder Member

    That guy reaches his right arm through the screen but the other guy gets slapped with a left arm. :confused:
     
  7. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Alright, expect it tonight. Tech won last night and thus I was incappable of using my computer to update (camping out for UGA tix).
     
  8. moose

    moose Infina Mooooooose!

    Crossing fingers that nothing will blow up...
     
  9. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Same :) Prob. gonna shoot for around midnight-1am.
     
  10. miloman

    miloman Retired Admin

    so is this done now? nothing blew up!!!! :banana:
     
  11. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Lol, newp, I passed out around 10 last night (so early I know!)...so tonight should be the night :)
     
  12. MrCoffeeATL

    MrCoffeeATL Member

    I can't take the suspense!
     
  13. Weapon

    Weapon 90lbs of dynamite Supporting Member

    :rolleyes:
     
  14. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    We're up and running on v3.0.10. I'm tired, and going to bed.

    A bug was fixed in Firefox 1.5 that causes the menu positions in the WYSIWYG editor to be incorrect. This has been fixed in vBulletin 3.0.10 for these newer versions. The vbulletin_wysiwyg.js is compatible with 3.0.2+, it is therefore recommended you upload this file if you intend just to patch your current install.

    The original purpose of this release was to provide a regular, scheduled bug-fix / service release for the new 3.5.x series, but newly discovered flaws in Internet Explorer and PHP have necessitated a security release for all three vBulletin branches.

    The first flaw is in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It affects vBulletin image uploads and potentially opens a cross-site-scripting exploit. It has affected many web-based applications that allow image uploads, including phpBB and Hotmail. Although a fix from Microsoft would be preferable, we have implemented a work-around in all three branches of vBulletin to prevent the Internet Explorer flaw from being exploited.

    The second flaw is in PHP and may allow the entry of unsanitized data into several areas in vBulletin. This may create security holes that are not directly caused by vBulletin, simply exploited through vBulletin as it uses affected PHP code. PHP 4.4.1 has been released to address this issue (no updated PHP5 is available yet). If you are running PHP 4, it is strongly recommended that you update your PHP installation to 4.4.1!

    I'd just like to reiterate that neither of these flaws are directly related to vBulletin. Rather, they are flaws in software that ties into vBulletin. We are simply creating workarounds for these issues to prevent them from being exploited.
     
  15. monk

    monk <b>The Kitchen Ninja!!!!</b>

    security issues aside, the header is looking very seasonal ;)

    the logo looks like it's had a little bit of the viagra too ;)
     
  16. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    yep, decided to boost it a bit :D Im somewhat dissapointed though in the results of comprimising quality in order to have a reasonably sized image.
     
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  17. moose

    moose Infina Mooooooose!

  18. miloman

    miloman Retired Admin

    the main page is blank except for the header bar
     
  19. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Im working on this, I didnt forsee those being affected by the patch and will be working this week to get it all back up.
     

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