--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2009/06/06 23:51:54 1.1 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2015/03/22 08:37:02 1.32 @@ -1,165 +1,435 @@ -SME Server 7.3 Release Notes -============================ - -January 1 2008 - -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages -have been updated to the latest releases. - - -All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - - -Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised -in the bug tracker (and only there, please); - - http://bugs.contribs.org/ - - -About SME Server -================ - -SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium -enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. -( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to -provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. - -SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License -and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. -However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on -meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. - -As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further -development. - -Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. - - -Thanks ------- -The development team would like to thank all of those involved in -this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the -current level of support. More people are required to help with -bug triage and verification testing. - - -This release contains many new features, all released updates for -SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades -will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. - - -Upgrades -======== - -- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades - -- An upgrade will preserve the existing data - - -Changes in this release -======================= - - -Installer Options ------------------ -- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's - see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files - - -Other mail system changes -------------------------- -- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin -- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient - addresses -- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues -- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes - - -Console -------- -- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting -- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install - time - - -Backups -------- -- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media -- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore - - -Localisation ------------- -- The fr-fr browser language is now supported -- Italian translation minor update - - -Software Installer ------------------- -- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror - location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors -- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months -- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver - - -Webmail -------- -- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions - - -Server manager --------------- -- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in - serveronly mode -- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel -- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files -- Convert squid timestamp in view log files -- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no - longer invalidate access to server manager -- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip - address - - -Other fixes and updates ------------------------ -- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 -- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package -- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable -- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly -- Fixed various log noise issues -- Allow root to be key based login only -- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size -- Freshclam permissions now corrected -- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear -- Added WPAD feature in DHCP -- Fixed various perl issues -- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day - - -General features -================ - -- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates - - -There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 -====================================================================== - - -After installing for the very first time: ------------------------------------------ -- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. -- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of - groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). -- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day - about those changes (rkhunter email notification). - - -Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 ------------------------------------------ -- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates -- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files - (rkhunter email notification). - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $ +Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes + +==================================== + + + +18 March 2015 + + + +The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce + +the release of SME Server 8.2 which is based on CentOS 5.11 + + + +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug + +tracker (and only there, please); + + + + http://bugs.contribs.org/ + + + +Download + +======== + + + +You can download SME Server 8.2 from + +http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/x86_64/ + +or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download + + + +Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, + +during this time you may experience problems. + + + + + +About SME Server + +================ + + + +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium + +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., + +a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support + +for SME Server. + + + +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and + +is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. + +However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on + +meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. + + + +As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. + + + +a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual + +using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute + +within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and + +development. + + + +b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in + +the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation + +commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers + +your have in the field. Please, help the project + + + +Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. + + + +Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, + +simply email treasurer@koozali.org + + + + + +Thanks + +====== + + + +The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved + +themselves with this release. + + + + + +Notes + +===== + + + +1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2 + + will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware + + means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; + + AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors + + are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, + + Athlon XP and later. + + + +2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at + + http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + + + +3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those + + security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5 + + (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving + + workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9. + + Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017 + + + +4. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, + + during this time you may experience problems. + + You can download SME Server 8.2 from + + http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/i386/ + + or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + + + + + +Changes in this release + +======================= + + + +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are + +not included. + + + + + +Backups + +------- + + - Add pkgconfig dar + + - New Upstream Version dar + + - Add requires nfs-utils + + - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start + + - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in / + + + + + +LDAP + +---- + + - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be + + parsed + + + +Localisation + +------------ + + - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle + + - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle + + - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle + + + +Mail Server + +----------- + + - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.6 + + - Updated to release ClamAV 0.98.5 + + - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel + + - Remove Packager and Vendor from ClamAV spec file. + + - Updates to release ClamAV 0.98.4. + + - Updated to release ClamAV 0.98.3. + + - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.2.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch + + - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : + UEsDBBQDAAAIA + + - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & + ZIPV3 + + - Fix stunnel path + + - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS + + - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter + + by John Crisp + + - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd + + - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98 + + - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List + + + +Server manager + +-------------- + + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + + fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710 + + xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668 + + core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669 + + exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670 + + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + + spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object + + change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698 + + spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670 + + gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm. + + CVE-2014-2497 + + fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in + + cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587 + + core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT + + record parsing. CVE-2014-3597 + + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + + core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721 + + date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712 + + core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing. + + CVE-2014-4049 + + core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type + + confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515 + + fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270 + + fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type + + rules. CVE-2014-1943 + + fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571 + + fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479 + + fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480 + + fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping + + DoS. CVE-2014-0237 + + fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite + + loop. CVE-2014-0238 + + + + + +Web Server + +---------- + + - Disable SSLv3 + + - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed + + - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929 + + + +Other fixes and updates + +----------------------- + + - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected + + answer to NO + + - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip + allowed in dhcpd + + - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against + ip allowed in dhcpd + + - Reset primary ibay default type + + - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters + in the server-manager. + + Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the +hostname field + + Code done by Charlie Brady + + and Huib + + - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain + + - Move mysql logging to multilog + + - Allow ntp status queries from localhost. + + - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update. + + - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby + + - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and + CVE-2012-2252 + + - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of + the + + CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes. + + - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS. + + - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message + + generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix + + regression). + + - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild + + - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946) + + - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2 + + - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager + + - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates + + - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository + + + + + +General features + +================ + + + +- Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates + + + +Terry Fage + +On behalf of the SME Server development team