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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:21:46 +0200
From:      gareth <bsd@lordcow.org>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: phpBB patch?
Message-ID:  <20070201132146.GA17062@lordcow.org>
In-Reply-To: <679088c80701241951t164cee51rd61062f5de9e87dc@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20070125032857.GA5686@lordcow.org> <679088c80701241951t164cee51rd61062f5de9e87dc@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed 2007-01-24 (19:51), Gordon Stratton wrote:
> On 1/24/07, gareth <bsd@lordcow.org> wrote:
> >hi, portupgrade just upgraded phpbb-2.0.22 to phpbb-2.0.22_1.
> >it used phpBB-2.0.22.tar.bz2 from www.phpbb.com (same as before),
> >and as far as i can tell the .php files are the same (and naturally
> >the database is untouched). does anyone know what this upgrade
> >was meant to achieve?
> 
> >From the log[1]:
> ---
> Remove previously added security patch against session table
> exhaustion, as it causes more problems in the latest phpbb
> version.  Users are advised to drop and re-create their
> session tables (phpbb_sessions, phpbb_sessions_keys) without
> using "HEAP" tables.

ah, thanx for the link. so this's the only thing that changed? :

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/www/phpbb/files/Attic/security-patch-includes-sessions.php?annotate=1.2



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