Patches Archives - Measured Designs

Magento Security Patching: Applying and Verifying Adobe Updates

Andrew Taylor — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:53:10 +0000

Learn how Magento monthly security patches are checked, deployed and verified using Adobe's patch-status utility, with practical CLI examples.

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Dirty COW Linux vulnerability patched on all of our servers

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:16:21 +0000

The new Linux Operating System Vulnerability Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195) has been patched on all server kernels of Measured Designs hosting.

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Magento – Blank order view page, showing information text only

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:36:46 +0000

After installing Magento security patch SUPEE 7405, individual order pages no longer appeared within Magento's admin section.

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Magento – Ransomware files and credit card scrapers

Andrew Taylor — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:32:26 +0000

Magento has been inundated with patches and security fixes. I recently encountered several odd php files on a client's site that flagged up on MageReport as ransomware: a Magento virus that encrypts all Magento core files and demands a ransom to give you access to your site.

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Magento – missing blocks after 1.9.2.2 update

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:18:28 +0000

Magento - missing blocks after 1.9.2.2 update. After updating a Magento site to v 1.9.2.2, I noticed that the randomised block code used on the homepage was missing.

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Magento – applied.patches.list must be writeable for proper tool work

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:24:25 +0000

Solved - applied.patches.list" must be writeable. The issue wasn't permissions but file format. It had been saved as Unix, so needed converting to UTF-8.

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Magento – Patch SUPEE-6482

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:29:34 +0000

Magento - Patch SUPEE-6482. magentocommerce.com has released a further security patch (SUPEE-6482) which it recommends is installed immediately.

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Magento – reverting a security patch

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:40:58 +0000

Magento - reverting a security patch. I just received the following email from Magento, just as I was about to pack up for the weekend!

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