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titleDSpace 5.6 was officially released to the public on September 2729, 2016.

DSpace 5.6 can be downloaded immediately from:

More information on the 5.6 release (and the 5.x platform in general) can be found in the 5.x Release Notes

Upgrade instructions can be found at Upgrading DSpace.

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Major bug fixes include:

  • JSPUI and , XMLUI, REST security fixes:
    • JSPUI and XMLUI
       
      • [HIGH SEVERITY]  XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in pdfbox. (DS-3309 - requires a JIRA account to access)
        • Reported by Seth Robbins  
    • JSPUI, XMLUI and REST
      • [HIGH SEVERITY]  Bitstreams of embargoed and/or withdrawn items can be accessed by anyone. (DS-3097 - requires a JIRA account to access)
        • Reported by Franziska Ackermann
  • JSPUI security fix:
  • REST security fix:
    • [HIGH SEVERITY]  SQL Injection Vulnerability in 5.x REST API (DS-3250 - requires a JIRA account to access)
  • Other minor fixes and improvements
    • JSPUI: Creative Commons license assignment silently fails (DS-2604) (improvements: with fetch directy the url (instead use the Creative Commons REST API) (DS-2604)
    • JSPUI: Upload a file, multifile, with a description text during the submission process (DS-2623)
    • XMLUI: Recyclable Cocoon components should clear local variables (DS-3246)  
    • METSRightsCrosswalk NPE During AIP Restore - No Anonymous Read (DS-3140)

    • AIP Restore is not respecting access restrictions (on Items) (DS-3266)

In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes section below.

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Release Timeline:

  • Release Date: September 2729, 2016