Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for August 22nd, 2023 - Episode 202

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

2023-08-22 Weekly News - Episode 202

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/HJHCDA-UbV8?feature=share

Hosts:

• Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Grant Copley - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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News and Announcements

Exciting News! Only 3 Tickets Left for Our #ColdBox 7 Workshop!
Luis Majano and Gavin Pickin will guide you through an incredible learning journey with insider tips and tricks. Hurry, Register now!

https://twitter.com/ortussolutions/status/1692624601350643716
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator

Lucee Critical Security Alert, August 15th, 2023 - CVE-2023-38693
(XXE [XML External Entity] vulnerabilities)
The Lucee team received a responsible disclosure for a security vulnerability which affects all previous releases of Lucee.

After reviewing the report and confirming the vulnerability, the Lucee team then conducted a further security review and found additional vulnerabilities which have been addressed as part of this security update.

Latest Stable Releases
5.4.3.2 (recommended)
5.3.12.1

Backported Stable Releases
In addition, as we are aware that some Lucee users have not yet upgraded from older versions, we have also published Stable Releases for these older versions with the vulnerability.

5.3.9.173
5.3.8.237
5.3.7.59

https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-critical-security-alert-august-15th-2023-cve-2023-38693/12893

The agenda for Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2023 is live now!
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/agenda/
https://twitter.com/coldfusion/status/1693582117203030287

New Releases and Updates

CommandBox 5.9.1 Released!
We are pleased to announce the general availability of CommandBox 5.9.1. This is a very small release with two changes.

Update to Lucee 5.4.3.2
Update bundled JRE to 11.0.20+8
Note Lucee 5.4.3.2 contains critical security patches.

The new Lucee version affects the core CLI runtime as well as the default server you get when running "server start" with no cfengine specified. Possible compatibility issues related to the major bump in Lucee version:

• This Lucee version does not include Hibernate, so the Ortus Hibernate extension is installed. We will stop doing this in 6.0
• This Lucee version has strict XML parsing settings on by default which may affect any servers you start which parse XML containing DTDs.

https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-591-released

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group — Graph QL & ColdFusion
Speaker: Mark Takata

Friday, August 25, 2023 @ 12 PM HAST (Hawaii Standard Time)

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for executing those queries with your existing data. It provides a more efficient, powerful, and flexible alternative to REST.

In ColdFusion 2023 we are providing a native method of consuming and sending data across GraphQL using GQL. This includes support for fragments, variables, aliases, queries, mutations, subscriptions and more.

Also, this talk will go over on why to use Graph QL over REST APIs.

https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/294631289/

Adobe Upcoming Events

Webinar - Road to Fortuna Series: Exploring the New Google Cloud Platform Features
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2023
10:00 AM PDT
Online Event
Mark Takata
https://google-cloud-platform-adobe-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/

During the Road to Fortuna Series: Exploring the New Google Cloud Platform Features webinar, Mark Takata will explore the new native hooks that Adobe ColdFusion is adding to work with the Google Cloud Platform. He will focus on features related to the GCP FireStore document database, Storage capabilities, and PubSub messaging features, providing attendees with valuable insights into how these features can be leveraged to optimize application development and delivery on the Google Cloud Platform. The session will be highly technical and will provide attendees with practical examples and use cases.

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