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<chapter name="6.1 Release Notes - Version 1.2.9" href="release_notes">
<section name="Introduction" href="Introduction">
<p>
The main motivation for releasing Struts 1.2.9 is to fix three
security issues which have been identified:
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38374">Bug 38374</a> -
Validation always skipped with Globals.CANCEL_KEY.</li>
<li><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38534">Bug 38534</a> -
DOS attack, application hack.</li>
<li><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38749">Bug 38749</a> -
XSS vulnerability in LookupDispatchAction.</li>
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<p>
This section contains release notes for changes that have taken
place since
<a href="release-notes-1.2.8.html">Version 1.2.8</a>.
To keep up-to-date on all changes to Struts, subscribe to the
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<b>Notes on upgrading</b> are maintained in the
<a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsUpgrade">Wiki Upgrade pages</a>.
The wiki is a community maintained resource - please feel free to add your
input so that everyone can benefit from the collective experience.
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For the version requirements of each library, see the
<a href="installation.html">Installation chapter</a>.
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<h3 id="STRUTS_1_2_9">Version 1.2.9</h3>
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After <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/core/tags/STRUTS_1_2_6/">Version 1.2.6 was tagged</a>
the <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/core/branches/STRUTS_1_2_BRANCH/">1.2 Branch</a>
was created and work started on the next version (<i>1.3.x series</i>). Work has continued on
both versions and <i>Revision</i> numbers shown in brackets are where a change has been ported
from the current development version into the <i>1.2 Branch</i>.
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<th>Modification</th><th>Revision</th><th>Bugzilla</th><th>Description</th>
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<td align="center">2006-03-08</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=384234&amp;view=rev">384234</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=384235&amp;view=rev">384235</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37817">37817</a></td>
<td>TagUtils doesn't create XHTML compliant URLs using forwards defined with redirect="true".</td>
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<td align="center">2006-03-08</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=384090&amp;view=rev">384090</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=384092&amp;view=rev">384092</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38343">38343</a></td>
<td>Add EventDispatchAction and EventActionDispatcher.</td>
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<td align="center">2006-03-07</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=383907&amp;view=rev">383907</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=383908&amp;view=rev">383908</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37685">37685</a></td>
<td>Javascript tag does not work on Mozilla.</td>
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<td align="center">2006-03-07</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=383718&amp;view=rev">383718</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=383720&amp;view=rev">383720</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38749">38749</a></td>
<td>XSS vulnerability in LookupDispatchAction.</td>
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<td align="center">2006-02-15</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=379661&amp;view=rev">379661</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=377929&amp;view=rev">377929</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38534">38534</a></td>
<td>DOS attack, application hack.</td>
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<td align="center">2006-02-14</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=377562&amp;view=rev">377562</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=377805&amp;view=rev">377805</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38374">38374</a></td>
<td>Validation always skipped with Globals.CANCEL_KEY.</td>
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<td align="center">2006-01-31</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=373798&amp;view=rev">373798</a>
(<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=373801&amp;view=rev">373801</a>)</td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38461">38461</a></td>
<td>struts-el html tag library errorKey not using documented default value.</td>
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