Software Update: phpBB 2.0.18

The developers behind phpBB have updated their eponymous open-source forum software to version 2.0.18. on this page the various downloads can be found. The program uses PHP and MySQL to store, store and retrieve messages. In addition to MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Access are also supported as database software. This release fixes a large number of bugs, both bugs reported by users and bugs found in a recent security audit. In addition, a new feature from the Olympus codebase has been added, which has changed the way of automatic login. The complete changelog looks like this:

Fixed:

• incorrect handling of password resets if admin activation is enabled (Bug #88)
• retrieving category rows in index.php (Bug #90)
• improved index performance by determining the permissions before iterating through all forums (Bug #91)
• wrong topic redirection after login redirect (Bug #94)
• improved handling of username lists in admin_ug_auth.php (Bug #98)
• incorrect removal of bbcode_uid values ​​if bbcode has been turned off (Bug #100)
• correctly preview signature if editing other users posts (Bug #101)
• incorrect alt tag on generated search images in groupcp.php, viewtopic.php and usercp_viewprofile.php (Bug #102)
• consistent forum ordering in all dropdown boxes (Bug #106)
• correctly get compression status in page_tail.php and page_footer_admin.php (Bug #117)
• set page title on summary page of groupcp.php (bug #125)
• correctly test style and avatar in usercp_register.php (bug #129 and #317)
• handling of reactivation notifications if admin activation is enabled (Bug #145)
• handling of both forms of translation information used in language packs (Bug #159)
• key length for activation keys fixed in usercp_sendpassword.php (Bug #171)
• use GENERAL_MESSAGE constant in message_die instead of MESSAGE (Bug #176)
• incorrect handling of move stubs (Bug #179)
• wrong mode_type in memberlist (Bug #187)
• SQL errors when setting maximum PMs to 0 (Bug #188)
• removed unused variable from topic_notify email template (Bug #210)
• removed reset variable from smilies popup window title (Bug #224)
• removed duplicate template assignment from admin_board.php (Bug #226)
• incorrect search link for guest posts in modcp.php (Bug #254)
• all users removed from topics watch table on special occasions (Bug #271)
• correctly check returned value from strpos in append_sid function (Bug #275)
• correctly display username in private message notification (Bug #278)
• fixed “var-by-ref” errors (Bug #322)
• changed redirection to installation (Bug #325)
• added timeout of 10 seconds to version check (Bug #348)
• fixed user_level default in postgresql schema file (Bug #444)
• multiple minor HTML issues with subSilver

changed:

• deprecated the use of some PHP 3 compatability functions in favor of the native equivalents
• added 60 days limit for grabbing unread topics in index.php

sec:

• backport of session keys system from olympus
• fixed email bans to use the same pattern as email validation and allow wildcard domain bans
• fixed validation of topic type when posting
• reset database password once it is no longer needed
• fixed potential to select images outside the specified path as avatars or smilies
• fix globals de-registration code for PHP5 – (Stefan Esser/Matt Kavanagh)
• changed avatar gallery code sections to prevent possible injection points (AnthraX101)
• signature field is not properly sanitized for user input when an error occurs while accessing the avatar gallery (AnthraX101)
• check to_username and ownership when editing a PM (AnthraX101)
• fixed ability to edit PMs you did not send (depablo84)
• compare imagetype on avatar uploading to match the file extension from uploaded file

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