Yesterday, the Joomla development team announced the release of Joomla 1.5.9 (code name Vatani). This release fix several security flaw in the previous Joomla 1.5.8. Joomla 1.5.9 was released about two months after 1.58.
There are many security issues and bugs were fixed in Joomla 1.5.9, so all Joomla 1.5.x users are adviced to update their Joomla site immediately. The highest security issue that was fixed was Directory Traversal, this issue can allow an attacker to view directory trees on the server.
According to Joomla development team, in total Joomla 1.5.9 fixed about 81 issues that were reported by the community. To view a full list of all the things fixed you can view it on Joomla announcement page.
Download Joomla 1.5.9
Please remember to backup your files and database before upgrading!
source : geektips.net
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