Kiwi TCMS 12.5

security updates, general improvements and new translations

Posted by Kiwi TCMS Team on Tue 04 July 2023 under releases

We're happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 12.5!

IMPORTANT: this is a small release which contains security related updates, several improvements and new translations!

You can explore everything at https://public.tenant.kiwitcms.org!

Supported upgrade paths:

5.3   (or older) -> 5.3.1
5.3.1 (or newer) -> 6.0.1
6.0.1            -> 6.1
6.1              -> 6.1.1
6.1.1            -> 6.2 (or newer)

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Upstream container images (x86_64):

pub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/kiwi   latest  9a689f9866d9    597MB

IMPORTANT: version tagged and multi-arch container images are available only to subscribers!

Changes since Kiwi TCMS 12.4

Security

  • Update django from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3. Fixes CVE-2023-36053 - ReDoS vulnerability
  • Patch misconfigured HTTP headers allowing stored XSS execution. Fixes CVE-2023-36809
  • Sanitize test plan name in tree_view_html() function to reduce the opportunity for exploiting stored XSS vulnerabilities
  • Extend the list of file upload validators to reduce the opportunity for exploiting stored XSS vulnerabilities

Improvements

  • Update django-colorfield from 0.8.0 to 0.9.0
  • Update django-extensions from 3.2.1 to 3.2.3
  • Update django-simple-captcha from 0.5.17 to 0.5.18
  • Update django-tree-queries from 0.14.0 to 0.15.0
  • Update jira from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2
  • Update python-gitlab from 3.14.0 to 3.15.0
  • Small update to HEALTHCHECK command in container
  • Replace mysql with native mariadb commands for backup/restore

Refactoring and testing

  • Update node_modules/eslint from 8.42.0 to 8.44.0
  • Update node_modules/eslint-plugin-n from 16.0.0 to 16.0.1
  • Update node_modules/webpack from 5.85.0 to 5.88.1
  • Update node_modules/webpack-cli from 5.1.3 to 5.1.4
  • Pin Selenium to 4.9.1 b/c of failures with 4.10.0
  • Add configuration for testing with reverse proxy
  • Assert that Nginx proxy doesn't strip response headers
  • Assert on the number of Content-Type headers for attachments
  • Update how we seed GitLab API token used for testing

Translations

Kiwi TCMS Enterprise v12.5-mt

  • Based on Kiwi TCMS v12.5

  • Update django-python3-ldap from 0.15.4 to 0.15.5

  • Install django-prometheus inside container

  • Pin Selenium to 4.9.1 b/c of failures with 4.10.0

    Private images:

    hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/version            12.5 (aarch64)          2349e3ea1b78    04 Jul 2023     606MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/version            12.5 (x86_64)           9a689f9866d9    04 Jul 2023     597MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/enterprise         12.5-mt (aarch64)       56634afe511a    04 Jul 2023     852MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/enterprise         12.5-mt (x86_64)        cdfd6965ad4e    04 Jul 2023     841MB

IMPORTANT: version tagged, multi-arch and Enterprise container images are available only to subscribers!

How to upgrade

Backup first! Then execute the commands:

cd path/containing/docker-compose/
docker-compose down
docker-compose pull
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -it kiwi_web /Kiwi/manage.py upgrade

Refer to our documentation for more details!

Happy testing!

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