The GeoServer team is pleased to announce the release of GeoServer 2.8.5. Download bundles are provided (bin, war, dmg and exe) along with documentation and extensions.
GeoServer 2.8.5 is the final maintenance release of the 2.8.x series. This release is made by Ben Caradoc-Davies (Transient) in conjunction with GeoTools 14.5 and GeoWebCache 1.8.3. We thank the many contributors who have made this release possible.
The GeoServer 2.8.5 release notes detail the changes in this release. These include:
- Security enhancements: this release is a recommended upgrade (see Security Considerations below for details)
- Fixes for WFS editing failing for geometries in full 3D CRS
- ColorMap variable substitution now working correctly for multiple layers in a GetMap request
- Fixed a missing JNA jar in the netcdf-out plugin
- KML placemarks now being set correctly when KMSCORE=0
- Support for multivalued xlink:href ClientProperty in app-schema mappings, even without feature chaining
- Support requiring files to exist for GeoServer startup, to protect against insecure fallback when a data directory on a network share is unavailable
Security Considerations
This release includes several security enhancements and is a recommended upgrade for production systems:
- A remote execution vulnerability has been reported against both the Restlet library and the Apache Commons BeanUtils library, which is used by a number of facilities including our JSON parser. While we have not been able to demonstrate any way to exploit these vulnerabilities, we have patched our use of these libraries as a preventative measure. We would like to thank Kevin Smith for doing the bulk of the work, and Andrea Aime for providing a patched BeanUtils library addressing these vulnerabilities.
- Layer security restrictions in CHALLENGE mode were not being correctly applied by embedded GeoWebCache. Thanks to Nick Muerdter for his responsible report of this vulnerability and for submitting a fix that included a unit test.
- Carl Schroedl reported a vulnerability at application startup when working with a data directory on a network file system: if the network file system is not available at startup, GeoServer may fall back to its default insecure configuration. We have added a GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE parameter to require the presence of one or more files during startup to defend against this situation. Thanks to Carl for following our responsible disclosure procedure, and to Ben Caradoc-Davies for implementing the new parameter.
If you wish to report a security vulnerability, please visit our website for instructions on responsible reporting.
About GeoServer 2.8- State of GeoServer 2015 (FOSS4G)
- XEE Vunerability (GeoServer)
- Remote Execution Vulnerability (GeoServer)
- Z ordering features within and across feature types and layers (User Manual)
- JAI-Ext, the Open Source replacement for Oracle JAI (GeoSolutions)
- Customizable arrow in GeoServer (GeoSolutions)
- PostGIS Curve Support (GeoSolutions)
- Improved NetCDF/GRIB support in GeoServer (GeoSolutions)
- Initial GeoServer 2.8.0 release announcement (GeoServer)
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Ben Caradoc-Davies [<ben@anonymised.com>](mailto:ben@anonymised.com)
Director
Transient Software Limited [<http://transient.nz/>](http://transient.nz/)
New Zealand