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1  Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes  Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes
   
2  ====================================  ====================================
3    
   
   
4  18 March 2015  18 March 2015
5    
   
   
6  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce
7    the release of SME Server 8.2 beta2 which is based on CentOS 5.11
 the release of SME Server 8.2 which is based on CentOS 5.11  
   
   
8    
9  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
   
10  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
11    
   
   
12      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
13    
   
   
14  Download  Download
   
15  ========  ========
16    
17    You can download SME Server 8.2 beta2 from
18    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2.beta2/
 You can download SME Server 8.2 from  
   
 http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/x86_64/  
   
19  or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download  or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
20    
   
   
21  Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,  Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
   
22  during this time you may experience problems.  during this time you may experience problems.
23    
24    
   
   
   
25  About SME Server  About SME Server
   
26  ================  ================
27    
   
   
28  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
   
29  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
   
30  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
   
31  for SME Server.  for SME Server.
32    
33    
   
34  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
   
35  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
   
36  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
   
37  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
38    
   
   
39  As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.  As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.
40    
   
   
41  a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual  a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
   
42  using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute  using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
   
43  within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and  within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
   
44  development.  development.
45    
   
   
46  b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in  b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
   
47  the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation  the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
   
48  commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers  commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
   
49  your have in the field. Please, help the project  your have in the field. Please, help the project
50    
   
   
51  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
52    
   
   
53  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
   
54  simply email treasurer@koozali.org  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
55    
56    
   
   
   
57  Thanks  Thanks
   
58  ======  ======
59    
   
   
60  The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved  The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
   
61  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
62    
63    
   
   
   
64  Notes  Notes
   
65  =====  =====
66    
   
   
67  1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2  1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2
   
68     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
   
69     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
   
70     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
   
71     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
   
72     Athlon XP and later.     Athlon XP and later.
73    
74    
   
75  2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at  2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at
   
76     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
77    
78    
   
79  3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those  3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those
   
80     security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5     security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5
   
81     (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving     (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving
   
82     workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9.     workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9.
   
83     Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017     Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017
84    
85    
   
86  4. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,  4. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
   
87     during this time you may experience problems.     during this time you may experience problems.
   
88     You can download SME Server 8.2 from     You can download SME Server 8.2 from
   
89     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/i386/     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/i386/
   
90     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
91    
92    
   
   
   
93  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
   
94  =======================  =======================
95    
   
   
96  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
   
97  not included.  not included.
98    
   
   
   
   
99  Backups  Backups
   
100  -------  -------
   
101   - Add pkgconfig dar   - Add pkgconfig dar
   
102   - New Upstream Version dar   - New Upstream Version dar
   
103   - Add requires nfs-utils   - Add requires nfs-utils
   
104   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start
   
105   - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /   - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
106    
107    
   
   
   
108  LDAP  LDAP
   
109  ----  ----
   
110   - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be   - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be
   
111     parsed     parsed
112    
113    
   
114  Localisation  Localisation
   
115  ------------  ------------
   
116   - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle
   
117   - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle
   
118   - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle
119    
120    
   
121  Mail Server  Mail Server
   
122  -----------  -----------
   
123   - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.6   - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.6
   
  - Updated to release ClamAV 0.98.5  
   
124   - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel   - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel
   
125   - Remove Packager and Vendor from ClamAV spec file.   - 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  
   
126   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX &   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX &
127     ZIPV3     ZIPV3
   
128   - Fix stunnel path   - Fix stunnel path
   
129   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS
   
130   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter
   
131     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>
   
132   - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd   - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd
   
133   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98
   
134   - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List   - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List
135    
136    
137    PHP
 Server manager  
   
138  --------------  --------------
   
139   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
140      fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710      fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710
   
141      xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668      xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668
   
142      core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669      core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669
   
143      exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670      exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670
   
144   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
145      spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object      spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object
   
146      change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698      change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698
   
147      spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670      spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670
   
148      gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.      gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.
   
149      CVE-2014-2497      CVE-2014-2497
   
150      fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in      fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in
   
151      cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587      cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587
   
152      core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT      core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT
   
153      record parsing. CVE-2014-3597      record parsing. CVE-2014-3597
   
154   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
155      core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721      core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721
   
156      date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712      date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712
   
157      core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.      core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.
   
158      CVE-2014-4049      CVE-2014-4049
   
159      core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type      core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type
   
160      confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515      confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515
   
161      fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270      fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270
   
162      fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type      fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type
   
163      rules. CVE-2014-1943      rules. CVE-2014-1943
   
164      fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571      fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571
   
165      fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479      fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479
   
166      fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480      fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480
   
167      fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping      fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping
   
168      DoS. CVE-2014-0237      DoS. CVE-2014-0237
   
169      fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite      fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite
   
170      loop. CVE-2014-0238      loop. CVE-2014-0238
171    
172    
   
   
   
173  Web Server  Web Server
   
174  ----------  ----------
   
175   - Disable SSLv3   - Disable SSLv3
176    
  - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed  
   
  - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929  
   
   
177    
178  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
   
179  -----------------------  -----------------------
   
180   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected
   
181     answer to NO     answer to NO
   
182   - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip   - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip
183     allowed in dhcpd     allowed in dhcpd
   
184   - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against   - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against
185     ip allowed in dhcpd     ip allowed in dhcpd
   
186   - Reset primary ibay default type   - Reset primary ibay default type
   
187   - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters   - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters
188     in the server-manager.     in the server-manager.
   
189     Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the     Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the
190  hostname field     hostname field
   
191     Code done by Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>     Code done by Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>
   
192     and Huib <sme@artixdesign.com>     and Huib <sme@artixdesign.com>
   
193   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain
   
194   - Move mysql logging to multilog   - Move mysql logging to multilog
   
195   - Allow ntp status queries from localhost.   - Allow ntp status queries from localhost.
   
196   - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update.   - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update.
   
197   - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby   - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby
   
198   - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and   - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and
199     CVE-2012-2252     CVE-2012-2252
   
200   - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of   - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of
201     the     the
   
202     CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.     CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.
   
203   - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.   - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.
   
204   - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message   - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message
   
205     generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix     generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix
   
206     regression).     regression).
   
207   - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild   - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
   
208   - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)   - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)
   
209   - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2   - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2
   
210   - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager   - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager
   
211   - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates   - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates
   
212   - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository   - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository
213    
214    
   
   
   
215  General features  General features
   
216  ================  ================
217    
   
   
218  - Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates
219    
220    
   
221  Terry Fage  Terry Fage
   
222  On behalf of the SME Server development team  On behalf of the SME Server development team


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