Improve Magento Patches for 1.6 to 1.8

We will examine the essential Magento fixes required to improve the web security of your e-commerce site in this detailed article. It is important that you apply these patches for versions 1.6.0.0 to 1.8.1.0 in order to protect your online e-commerce site from attacks.

Magento Patches for PHP 5.4

The recent news is that Magento has released patches for PHP 5.4. Magento 1.6.0.0-1.8.1.0 is not supported on PHP version 5.4.

You can get the patches on the Magento Download page in the Magento Community Edition Patches section of the page.

Identifying and Applying Patches

Magento releases security patches as part of its ongoing commitment to providing a secure e-commerce environment. To find the necessary patches for your version, visit the official Magento Security Center or check the Magento Community Edition Release Archive

Change in below Product.php and Standard.php. Both files path are defined as below.

/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product.php
/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php

All of the patches except for the one 1.8.0.0-1.8.1.0 modify:
/app/code/core/Mage/Install/etc/config.xml

A new file is added at:
/app/code/core/Zend/Pdf/FileParserDataSource.php