Security Release – Koha 3.18.8
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
(ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
The website for the Koha project is
Koha 3.18.8 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.08.tar.gz
Installation instructions can be found at:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 3.18.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
This release contains critical security fixes, all users of this version are highly recommended to upgrade as soon as is reasonable.
Critical bugs fixed in 3.18.8
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Circulation
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12066 major New renew page in staff client doesn't record branch in statistics
OPAC
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14412 critical SQL Injection in OPAC Interface
14360 major XSS Injection point
14418 major XSS Flaws in OPAC Interface
Packaging
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14106 major Koha-conf paths to zebra libraries are wrong in jessie
Staff Client
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14408 critical Path traversal vulnerabilty
14426 critical SQL Injection in Staff Client
14423 major Multiple XSS and XSRF issues in Staff Client
Tools
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10625 major Inventory/Stocktaking tool cannot handle windows file uploads
Other bugs fixed in 3.18.8
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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13265 normal Still too many search cursor cookies
13815 normal Plack loose CGI qw(-utf8) flag creating incorrect utf-8 encoding everywhere
11790 minor C4::Charset should not depend on C4::Context
14344 minor Uninitialized value warning C4/Utils/DataTables/Members.pm
Cataloging
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14047 normal Sort z39.50 biblio servers by rank in derivate cataloguing doesn't work
14276 minor Keep highlight on the active item in item editor
14327 minor Fix js error "TypeError: events is null" in additem.js
Circulation
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14299 normal Today's checkouts not always sorting correctly
Command-line Utilities
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14203 trivial Koha-translate error string for non-existent lang removal
Database
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14350 minor Missing statement in kohastructure.sql - DROP TABLE IF EXISTS borrower_sync;
Notices
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14206 normal Notices using non email templates can't be deleted from the staff client
OPAC
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14173 normal Paging on 'recent comments' page in OPAC is not displaying correctly
14025 minor Fix 856u-links in the OPAC for NORMARC
14184 minor Noisy warns in C4/CourseReserves.pm
14185 minor Noisy warns in opac-readingrecord.pl
14186 minor Noisy warns in opac-reserve.pl
Patrons
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14338 normal Unable to delete patron images
11929 minor Patron modification error shows borrowernumber
11941 minor "Patron lists" are not easily accessible
Reports
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14130 normal Column.def should be updated with descriptions for new columns
System Administration
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14314 trivial System Preferences: Better explanation for syspref 'ShowReviewerPhoto'
Templates
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14265 normal Use $.trim instead of trim() in admin/categorie.tt
14266 normal Replace trim() with $.trim() in opac-shareshelf.tt
14279 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from issues_avg_stats.pl
13946 minor Change order status 'Pending' to ordered like in database
14275 minor Remove CGI::scrolling_list from guided_reports.pl
14329 trivial Useless copy/paste from Template::Plugin::HtmlToText
14330 trivial Remove unused email_sender from sendbasket/sendshelf
Test Suite
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14112 minor Silence warnings t/Charset.t
Tools
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10355 minor Second click on modification log misses object parameter
translate.koha-community.org
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14285 trivial Bengali locale needs to be re-defined
System requirements
======================
Important notes:
* This release makes Koha 3.18 compatible with Debian Jessie
* Perl 5.10 is required
* Zebra is required
Documentation
======================
The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
documentation is
Documentation
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
Translations
======================
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
* English (USA)
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
http://translate.koha-community.org/
Release Team
======================
The release team for Koha 3.18.8 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team: Galen Charlton
Jonathan Druart
Brendan Gallagher
Kyle Hall
Julian Maurice
Paul Poulain
Martin Renvoize
Marcel de Rooy
Bug Wranglers: Alex Sassmannshausen
Zeno Tajoli
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat
Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Galen Charlton
Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers
Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Kyle Hall
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.18.8:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.8.
* Aleisha (5)
* Chris (8)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (1)
* Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
* David Cook (2)
* Chris Cormack (4)
* Indranil Das Gupta (4)
* Marcel de Rooy (4)
* Jonathan Druart (7)
* Magnus Enger (1)
* Katrin Fischer (3)
* Bernardo González Kriegel (5)
* Kyle M Hall (3)
* Dobrica Pavlinusic (1)
* Liz Rea (8)
* Robin Sheat (2)
* Zeno Tajoli (1)
* Mark Tompsett (3)
* Marc Véron (2)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 3.18.8
* BSZ BW (3)
* BibLibre (3)
* BigBallOfWax (8)
* ByWater-Solutions (3)
* Catalyst (6)
* Cineca (1)
* Libriotech (1)
* Prosentient Systems (2)
* Rijksmuseum (4)
* Theke Solutions (1)
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (5)
* koha-community.org (4)
* psi.unc.edu.ar (1)
* rot13.org (1)
* unidentified (20)
* veron.ch (2)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.18.8.
* Aleisha (2)
* Cédric Vita (1)
* Chris Cormack (39)
* Gaetan Boisson (1)
* Jonathan Druart (30)
* Katrin Fischer (28)
* Liz Rea (54)
* Marc Veron (1)
* Marc Véron (8)
* Mark Tompsett (5)
* Nick Clemens (1)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (42)
* Indranil Das Gupta (2)
* Indranil Das Gupta (L2C2 Technologies) (6)
* Kyle M Hall (10)
* Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (6)
* Marcel de Rooy (4)
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
Revision control notes
======================
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
The last Koha release was 3.14.10, which was released on September 4, 2014.
Bugs and feature requests
======================
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Jun 2015 09:09:54 Z #####
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals.