G'day:
Just so yer aware, another update for ColdFusion was released this afternoon (UK time). Apparently there's a security hole in ColdFusion's BlazeDS integration which has been fixed. I don't actually know what CF uses BlazeDS for, I have to admit. I don't even know what BlazeDS even is, now that I come to think of it. [quickly googles...]
So no wonder I didn't know what it was.
Anyway, Anit said on the Slack channel that it will on affect you if yer using BlazeDS, so that's probably not most people.
The Adobe blog article about it is here: "ColdFusion 11 Update 6 and ColdFusion 10 Update 17 now available". Make sure to subscribe to the comments on that thread to keep yourself up to date with anything "untoward" in the update process. I've not installed it myself yet. Obviously make sure to test the update in your test lab first. Don't just stick it straight on your live boxes. Also bear in mind that CF updates are cumulative, so as well as this particular fix, it'll include all the other bugfixes too, so there's a lot of moving parts that could cause you grief. Regression test thoroughly.
I guess if you're using CF9 or older you're SooL, I'm afraid.
That's it.
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Adam
Just so yer aware, another update for ColdFusion was released this afternoon (UK time). Apparently there's a security hole in ColdFusion's BlazeDS integration which has been fixed. I don't actually know what CF uses BlazeDS for, I have to admit. I don't even know what BlazeDS even is, now that I come to think of it. [quickly googles...]
BlazeDS is a server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that allows you to connect to back-end distributed data and push data to Adobe Flex and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Rich Internet applications (RIA).
So no wonder I didn't know what it was.
Anyway, Anit said on the Slack channel that it will on affect you if yer using BlazeDS, so that's probably not most people.
The Adobe blog article about it is here: "ColdFusion 11 Update 6 and ColdFusion 10 Update 17 now available". Make sure to subscribe to the comments on that thread to keep yourself up to date with anything "untoward" in the update process. I've not installed it myself yet. Obviously make sure to test the update in your test lab first. Don't just stick it straight on your live boxes. Also bear in mind that CF updates are cumulative, so as well as this particular fix, it'll include all the other bugfixes too, so there's a lot of moving parts that could cause you grief. Regression test thoroughly.
I guess if you're using CF9 or older you're SooL, I'm afraid.
That's it.
--
Adam