Announcing ColdFusion updates released Nov 14 2023 - security update
Just a heads-up for my readers that there was an important security update released today by Adobe for ColdFusion 2023 (update 6) and 2021 (update 12). (Users of previous CF versions should note that those are no longer updated, not even for security fixes).
If you apply the update using the CF Admin and then find that CF starts but the Admin and your code fail, I cover that also, in the second section below.
For more, read on.
The log says:
Installation: Unsuccessful.
145 Successes
2 Warnings
2 NonFatalErrors
2 FatalErrors
Action Notes:
Failed to copy hotfix files:C:\Users\Administrator\250372.tmp\dist\updates: Failed to copy the hotfix files to the target location. Retry installation after ensuring that the server is not running or files are not locked by the server.
Failed to copy hotfix files:C:\Users\Administrator\250372.tmp\dist\wwwroot: Failed to copy the hotfix files to the target location. Retry installation after ensuring that the server is not running or files are not locked by the server.
I have tried to uninstall using CMD and it says invalid or corrupt JAR file for the uninstaller.jar
I have reinstalled the update, several times, manually stopped all Coldfusion services before doing it and it's still stuck in this state.
I'm out of ideas of where to go from here - any help would be much appreciated.
Perhaps you presumed it does not apply to you, but it sounds like it may (and I may rename that section to stand out better to folks who may misconstrue its importance).
I have now managed to install updated 5 with the extra argument and it went through ok. However, I now have a new problem that I can see in FusionReactor which is that it says 'java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: preserveCase'.
I can open the Administrator but Coldfusion is failing to process any application.cfc on my server because of it but I don't have any code that references preserveCase. I don't know if that's a Java problem or a corrupted Coldfusion file problem.
I'd start with clearing the cfclasses folder, if you know what that means. And I'd recommend you stop cf, rename that folder, then start cf. Not only will create the new cfclasses folder for you, but you'll have it for possible postmortem assessment--whether of this or other issues.
I wish Adobe support was as reactive and helpful.
Thanks again.
And you can help others here (since that seems a new problem): what cf update had you been on before update 6?
@S Daugherty, thanks for your kind regards here. Sorry I missed that back in November.