Cumulative Hot Fix 2 for ColdFusion 8.0.1
Released: 10/20/2008
The following fixes are contained in ColdFusion 8.0.1 Cumulative Hot Fix 2 (CHF2). Adobe recommends that you apply CHF2 to ColdFusion 8.0.1 only if you are experiencing one or more of the issues listed below. This cumulative hot fix is specific to ColdFusion 8.0.1 and should not be applied to any other releases.
| ID Number | Description | Added in Cumulative
Hot Fix |
| 72744 | Fix for CFHTTP making disable deflate as true by default in the header when CF sends an HTTP request, since compression is not handled by CFHTTP client. |
2 |
| 72641 | Fix for memory leaks with CFCs stored in memory scopes. Note, this does not eliminate need for proper use of VAR scope in CFC methods. |
2 |
| 71888 | Fix for cffile/upload issues not handling large files due to file size limit being coded as a Java Int. |
2 |
| 71899 | Fix for "access denied" error thrown when Sandbox Security is enabled and using ColdFusion tags including CFImage and CFPresentation. |
2 |
| 71975 | Fix for using CFPDF tag to process DDX when Sandbox Security is enabled causes a 500 error "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.adobe.internal.ddxm.io.Document". |
2 |
| 71787 | Fix for "Object Instantiation Exception" thrown when calling a Java object constructor or method with a null argument under JDK 1.6. |
2 |
| 71879 | Fix for "StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range" when URL is passed as an argument to a CFC method. |
2 |
| 71857 | Fix for "access denied" errors being thrown with CustomTags when Sandbox Security is activated in ColdFusion 8.01 |
2 |
| 71800 | Fix for spooled CFMail with attachments failing with "invalid spool file" error. |
2 |
| 70839 | Fix for title for dynamic grid not working when collapsible="true" |
2 |
| 71664 | Fix for Cffile/write to a full drive failing silently - no error thrown. A 0 byte file is created, but no content is added. |
2 |
| 71634 | Fix for several formatting issues with CFMenu. |
2 |
| 71648 | Fix returning behavior of symbolic links to cfm pages on linux to behave as they did in ColdFusion 5 and earlier. That is to have ColdFusion pickup Application.cfm in the directory where the link is created and not where the physical file lives. |
2 |
| 71630 | Fix for display issues with html cfgrid in ColdFusion 8.01. |
2 |
| 71362 | ColdFusion run against a 64 bit Apache web server on UNIX, Linux and Mac OS throws java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error. |
1 |
| 71557 | Fix for various cfimage tag and image function issues. | 1 |
| 71588 | Fix for file operation errors when cfftp tag is called without the connection attribute. | 1 |
| 71606 | Fix for ignored attributes in cftooltip tag. | 1 |
| 71633 | Fix for cfmenu TYPE attribute value of 'vertical' or 'horizontal' case sensitivity. | 1 |
Applying the Hot Fix
Use the ColdFusion 8 Administrator to install cumulative hot fixes. The installation process is the same for all platforms and installation choices.
Note: Any individual hot fixes previously installed that are now contained in this cumulative hot fix should be removed. Any previous cumulative hot fixes installed should also be removed. Remove hot fixes by stopping the ColdFusion Application Server and deleting jar files from cf_root/lib/updates directory prior to installing new hot fixes.
- Download chf8010002.zip (337K) and extract the chf8010002.jar file.
- Open the ColdFusion 8 Administrator and select the System Information page.
- Click Browse next to the Update File box, and then browse to the extracted file. Select the file, and then click Submit.
- Restart ColdFusion.
You do not need to keep the ColdFusion 8.0.1 cumulative hot fix JAR file after installing it with the ColdFusion Administrator. The file has been copied to the correct location.
The ColdFusion 8.0.1 cumulative hot fix JAR file will appear as a new entry in the System Information list.
ColdFusion hot fix jars are uninstalled by stopping the ColdFusion application server and deleting the respective jars from cf_root/lib/updates.
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