vBulletin 3.7.3 Released

[Mike Sullivan]

vBulletin 3.7.3 (Package includes fixes from PL1)

As promised last week, today sees the scheduled release of a maintenance version for vBulletin 3.7.x.

vBulletin 3.7.3 contains a number of bug fixes, details of which can be found in the bug tracker (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/projectsearch.php?do=dosearch&projectid%5B0%5D=6&issuestatusid%5B0%5D=4&addressedmix%5Baddressedversion%5D%5B0%5D=86&sort=lastpost&sortorder=desc). Additionally, a change has been made to prevent users from setting their password to their username. See below for more information.

The security fixes included in vBulletin the 3.7.2 PL releases are also included in vBulletin 3.7.3.


Username=Password Disallowed

In this release, users will no longer be allowed to set their username and passwords to the same value. Users who already have a password that is the same as their username will be forced to change their password on their next login. Additionally, a tool has be added to the Admin Control Panel to email affected users with a new password. Please be aware of these potential compatibility changes when upgrading.


Upgrading from Previous Versions

3.7.3 is a maintenance release. We recommend that all customers running prior versions of vBulletin 3.7 upgrade to benefit from bug fixes and stability improvements.

Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here. (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade)


PHP and MySQL Requirements

Please note that vBulletin 3.7.x requires at least PHP 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 or later.

However, we recommend that vBulletin 3.7.x is run on PHP 5.2.6 with APC (or a similar opcode cache) and MySQL 5.0.51 for best performance and stability.


End of Life for PHP 4

PHP 4 has now reached its end of life. We strongly recommend that customers update their servers to PHP 5.2.6 if they are still running PHP 4. vBulletin 3.7.x supports PHP 5 without any problems, though you may need to disable strict mode for MySQL, see here (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/editconfig) on how to enable 'force_sql_mode'.

Note: We will continue to support PHP 4 in the vBulletin 3 series.


Download vBulletin 3.7.3

As usual, vBulletin 3.7.3 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.

vBulletin Members Area (http://members.vbulletin.com/)

[Mike Sullivan]

Templates with Mandatory Changes Since 3.7.2

None!



Templates with Non-Mandatory Changes Since 3.7.2

Your vBulletin installation will not be broken if you don't apply these changes, but small bugs may be fixed and new functionality may be available by applying these changes. We recommend you apply these changes in the same way that you apply mandatory changes.


calendar_edit_recurrence
Remove invalid "display:show" CSS.


lostpw
Add support for human verification.


MEMBERINFO
25929: Added <if> conditions around the area to ensure it doesn't display empty <ul></ul> sets which upsets the validator.


memberinfo_block_infractions
Reordered the "posted by" and "date" text.


modifyoptions
Moved a "?" in a link to the correct location.


modifyuserlist_headinclude
Made some changes to the CSS related to the username/avatar to workaround an IE6 RTL issue.


newthread
Added tab index to prefix and tag fields.


postbit
Add ad locations within the first post (at the start and before the signature).


postbit_legacy

Add ad locations within the first post (at the start and before the signature).
Changed the reputation to display on a separate line from reputation power, to be consistent with postbit.



socialgroups_search
Removed margin from top of search table.


threadadmin_deletethread
26029: Modified the radio selector area to support longer string


userinfraction_view
25998: Added <thead> and </thead> for XHTML compliance

[Mike Sullivan]

Files Changed Since 3.7.2


/

album.php
attachment.php
calendar.php
converse.php
forumdisplay.php
global.php
group.php
image.php
inlinemod.php
login.php
memberlist.php
misc.php
moderation.php
newattachment.php
newreply.php
picture_inlinemod.php
picturecomment.php
posthistory.php
postings.php
private.php
profile.php
register.php
reputation.php
showgroups.php
showthread.php
subscription.php
usercp.php
visitormessage.php

admincp/

adminlog.php
announcement.php
attachment.php
avatar.php
index.php
moderator.php
notice.php
passwordcheck.php
phrase.php
plugin.php
prefix.php
repair.php
template.php
user.php
usergroup.php
usertools.php

clientscript/

vbulletin_ajax_tagsugg.js
vbulletin_lightbox.js
vbulletin_menu.js
vbulletin_quick_reply.js
vbulletin_templatemgr.js
vbulletin_textedit.js

cpstyles/vBulletin_3_Silver/controlpanel.css
includes/

adminfunctions.php
adminfunctions_help.php
adminfunctions_options.php
adminfunctions_template.php
class_bbcode.php
class_bbcode_alt.php
class_core.php
class_dm_groupmessage.php
class_dm_picturecomment.php
class_dm_threadpost.php
class_dm_user.php
class_dm_visitormessage.php
class_groupmessage.php
class_mail.php
class_picturecomment.php
class_postbit.php
class_profileblock.php
class_sigparser_char.php
class_socialmessageparser.php
class_upload.php
class_userprofile.php
class_visitormessage.php
functions.php
functions_databuild.php
functions_editor.php
functions_newpost.php
functions_online.php
functions_picturecomment.php
functions_socialgroup.php
functions_user.php
functions_visitormessage.php
init.php
cron/rssposter.php
paymentapi/class_authorizenet.php
xml/cpnav_vbulletin.xml
xml/hooks_vbulletin.xml

install/ - all files

[Mike Sullivan]

You may discuss this release here:

vBulletin 3.7.3 Release Discussion