[BlueOnyx:10760] Re: Joomla update for 5107R

[Greg Kuhnert]

Hi Chuck.

On 6/9/2012 9:15 AM, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
> Hello BlueOnyx experts,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a slightly off-topic question.
>
> I migrated sites (all free hosted for non-profit groups) from a 5106 
> to a 5107R BlueOnyx server.  About a week afterward - we realized the 
> Joomla sites had a problem.
>
> It appears the Joomla sites which are all Joomla1.5.10 won't work with 
> the newer PHP5.3 on 5107R.  The Joomla1.5 was written to work with the 
> older PHP5.1 on the 5106R.  And it results in some of the menu 
> functions completely broken.

Before answering your question - let me just say this. Running old 
versions of webapps is not a good idea. That version of joomla is quite 
old, and has a number of high risk vulnerabilities - some of which 
include SQL injection vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to 
modify mysql database content. See the CVE link below for more 
information on vulnerability details.

http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-3496/product_id-16499/version_id-83611/Joomla-Joomla--1.5.10.html

> I've found that Joomla.org put out a updater that will take Joomla1.5 
> to the current Joomla2.5 version.  But you must first manually update 
> your 1.5 to the latest 1.5 version - 1.5.25.  And that's where I'm 
> stuck.  I can't find anything on how to update these 1.5.10 to 1.5.25 
> so I can then use the Jupdater to get to 2.5.

1.5.25 is no longer available - There is a 1.5.26 version available. I 
would guess (you should confirm) that the updater will also work from 
1.5.26. Instructions to update to 1.5.26 are available here
http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_from_an_existing_1.5x_version

You can probably use the tool from that point onwards.
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