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eXist-db 4.9.0

by adam at 2022/01/27 at 16:26:06 z
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eXist-db 4.9.0 Release Notes

Version 4.9.0 includes critical fixes for defects found in version 4.8.0. It is recommended that all users of eXist-db 4.x.x upgrade to version 4.9.0 or newer.

NOTE We would like to remind users that eXist-db version 4.9.0 includes a version of Log4j2 that is known to have security issues (CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-45046, and CVE-2021-44228), and we would recommend that all users should upgrade to eXist-db 4.10.0 or newer.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue whereby Renaming or Moving a Collection could corrupt the Collection Hierarchy. Regression since eXist-db 4.7.0 #4201
  • Fixed an issue whereby it was previously possible to run out of Journal files #4194
  • Fixed an issue with Collection structures being overwritten during startup #4188
  • Made the startup more resilient when there are problems with removed Accounts and Groups #4192
  • Repaired the Ant Build
  • Repaired the JUnit Test Suite - all tests passing
  • Fixed the CI (Continuous Integration) - Switched from Travis CI to GitHub Actions

Updated Dependencies

  • Apache Ant updated from 1.10.2 to 1.10.12
  • Apache Commons Codec updated from 1.11 to 1.15
  • Apache Commons Compress updated from 1.17 to 1.21
  • Apache Commons Configuration2 from 2.2 to 2.7
  • Apache Commons File Upload updated from 1.3.3 to 1.4
  • Apache Commons HTTP Client updated from 4.5.5 to 4.5.13
  • Apache Commons HTTP Components updated from 4.4.9 to 4.4.15
  • Apache Commons IO from 2.6 to 2.11
  • Apache Commons Lang3 updated from 3.7 to 3.12.0
  • Apache Commons Net updated from 3.6 to 3.8.0
  • Apache FOP updated from 2.3 to 2.6
  • Apache Ivy updated from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0
  • Apache PDFBox FontBox updated from 2.0.13 to 2.0.22
  • Bouncy Castle updated from 1.60 to 1.70
  • Caffeine updated from 2.6.2 to 2.9.3
  • EasyMock updated from 3.6 to 4.3
  • Evolved Binary Java8 Functional Utilities from 1.21 to 1.23.0
  • FasterXML UUID Generator updated from 3.1.5 to 3.3.0
  • Hamcrest updated from 1.3 to 2.2
  • Jansi updated from 1.17.1 to 1.18
  • Java JAXB API updated from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1
  • JMock updated from 2.4.0 to 2.12.0.jar
  • JUnit updated from 4.12 to 4.13.2
  • LZ4 for Java updated from 1.5.0 to 1.8.0
  • org.json updated from 20140107 to 20211205
  • Quartz Scheduler updated from 2.30 to 2.3.2
  • Scribe updated from 1.3.5 to 1.3.7
  • SLF4j updated from 1.7.25 to 1.7.32
  • Smack XMPP updated from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1
  • Spy Memcached updated from 2.5 to 2.12.3