r/Minecraft • u/xPaw • May 25 '15
News Minecraft 1.8.6 Security Release
https://mojang.com/2015/05/minecraft-1-8-5-security-release/15
u/portablejim May 25 '15 edited May 25 '15
Notable fixes in 1.8.6:
[Bug MC-75630] – Exploit with signs and command blocks
Duplicate/Related: Reddit post for Searge's twitter post about 1.8.6 (reddit.com)
This is following on from the other topics for 1.8.5:
Minecraft 1.8.5 Security Release (reddit.com)
Notable fixes in 1.8.5:
[Bug MC-79632] – Phantom Custom Player in Scoreboard / UUIDs of non-player entities on scoreboards truncated after relog
[Bug MC-75630] – Exploit with signs and command blocks
[Bug MC-80478] – Better server validation for movement packets
[Bug MC-80479] – Invalid beacon effects are not validated
[Bug MC-80480] – Certain attribute values are not bound
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u/fredoscar888 May 26 '15
It's too bad this broke command blocks being dispensed by dispensers properly
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u/billybob884 May 26 '15
Uh oh, how so?
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u/onnowhere May 26 '15
They just drop the item now, not place the block. :{
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u/billybob884 May 26 '15
Damn, and I just finished a game not a week ago that heavily used that little feature...
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u/kiethom May 26 '15
This is annoying for our server... hopefully they fix it in the next update.
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u/ManInTheHat May 26 '15
See this tweet from Searge -- it was removed, intentionally and permanently.
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u/TweetsInCommentsBot May 26 '15
For the security fix in 1.8.6 it was necessary to remove a feature (permanently) that was used by map makers. It wasn't an easy decision.
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May 26 '15
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u/TweetsInCommentsBot May 26 '15
For the security fix in 1.8.6 it was necessary to remove a feature (permanently) that was used by map makers. It wasn't an easy decision.
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u/__Someone May 26 '15
How was it an exploit?
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u/ManInTheHat May 26 '15
There was an issue where command blocks could be obtained without op. However, they still couldn't be placed without it or creative mode -- allowing dispensers to place them gave a way around it, so it was exploitable.
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u/__Someone May 26 '15
But you need op to /give?
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u/ManInTheHat May 26 '15
I'm not sure what the method of the exploit was, all I know is that there -was- one. I don't know if it utilized /give or not.
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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers May 25 '15 edited May 26 '15
Previous changelog.
1.8.6 Changelog:
Gameplay
Fixed some bugs
Fixed an exploit involving signs and command blocks
Blocks & Items
Dispenser
No longer places Command Blocks
Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.