There is a new release here http://sourceforge.net/projects/civicrm/files/civicrm-stable/4.2.18/ - it deals with a regression on contact images introduced in a security patch. If you are having trouble viewing contact images you should upgrade to it.
Note that I was going to post a longer blog about the future of the LTS but that is a moving target right now so I'll post more later - I didn't want to miss getting 4.2.18 out in our release window