Published originally on December 24, 2005

News from Joomla! Website

Joomla! 1.0.5 is now available on the forge for download here. This is a Bug and Security Release, which means it contains fixes for Security Vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you upgrade to this version.

1.0.5 is available as a Full Package, which contains all Joomla! files and a Patch Package which contains only the files that have been changed by the Security work conducted.

1.0.5 Changelog
1.0.5 Version Information

Security Vunerabilities

Medium Level Threats

• Hardened ability to use the contact component to proliferate spam
  - Affects all previous versions of Joomla!
  

Upgrade Instructions

• To update from Joomla! 1.0.4, all you have to do is simply overwrite files from the 1.0.4 to 1.0.5 Patch Package
• To update from Joomla! 1.0.3, all you have to do is simply overwrite files from the 1.0.3 to 1.0.5 Patch Package
• To update from Joomla! 1.0.2, all you have to do is simply overwrite files from the 1.0.2 to 1.0.5 Patch Package
• To update from Joomla! 1.0.1, all you have to do is simply overwrite files from the 1.0.1 to 1.0.5 Patch Package
• To update from Joomla! 1.0.0, all you have to do is simply overwrite files from the 1.0.0 to 1.0.5 Patch Package

Thank you to the community for their continued assistance in helping us make Joomla 1.0.x more stable.