The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.2.1 is available as a "General Availability" release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to maintaining applications over time. This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes since the 2.1.8.1 GA release, including important security fixes regarding remote server context manipulation by injecting OGNL expressions in request parameters. For more information about the exploits and possible mitigation workarounds, see the corresponding security bulletins S2-005: * http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1/docs/s2-005.html All developers are strongly advised to update existing Struts 2 applications to Struts 2.2.1. Struts 2.2.1 is available in a full distribution, or as separate library, source, example and documentation distributions, from the releases page: * http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts221 The release is also available through the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.struts". The release notes are available online: * http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1/docs/version-notes-221.html The 2.2.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions: Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 5. Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket: * https://issues.apache.org/struts/secure/Dashboard.jspa -- The Apache Struts group. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org