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1  Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes  Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Announcement
   
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 18 March 2015  
   
2    
3    Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes
4    ==========================================
5    22 Oct 2015
6    
7  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce
   
8  the release of SME Server 8.2 which is based on CentOS 5.11  the release of SME Server 8.2 which is based on CentOS 5.11
9    
   
   
10  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
   
11  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
12    
   
   
13      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
14    
   
   
15  Download  Download
   
16  ========  ========
17    You can download SME Server 8.2  from
18    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/
   
 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  About SME Server  About SME Server
   
25  ================  ================
   
   
   
26  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
   
27  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
   
28  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
   
29  for SME Server.  for SME Server.
30    
   
   
31  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
   
32  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
   
33  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
   
34  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
35    
   
   
36  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.
37    
   
   
38  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
   
39  using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute  using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
   
40  within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and  within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
   
41  development.  development.
42    
   
   
43  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
   
44  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
   
45  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
   
46  your have in the field. Please, help the project  your have in the field. Please, help the project
47    
   
   
48  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
49    
   
   
50  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
   
51  simply email treasurer@koozali.org  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
52    
   
   
   
   
53  Thanks  Thanks
   
54  ======  ======
   
   
   
55  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
   
56  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
57    
   
   
   
   
58  Notes  Notes
   
59  =====  =====
60    
   
   
61  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
   
62     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
   
63     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
   
64     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
   
65     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
   
66     Athlon XP and later.     Athlon XP and later.
67    
   
   
68  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
   
69     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
70    
   
   
71  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
   
72     security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5     security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5
   
73     (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving     (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving
   
74     workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9.     workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9.
   
75     Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017     Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017
76    
   
   
77  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,
   
78     during this time you may experience problems.     during this time you may experience problems.
   
79     You can download SME Server 8.2 from     You can download SME Server 8.2 from
80       http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc/
81     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/iso/i386/    
82    Major changes in this release
83     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8  =============================
84    Switch back to upstream openssl builds
85    Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter
86    Added Windows 10 support to SME Domain
   
87    
88  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
   
89  =======================  =======================
   
   
   
90  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
   
91  not included.  not included.
92    
   
   
   
   
93  Backups  Backups
   
94  -------  -------
   
95   - Add pkgconfig dar   - Add pkgconfig dar
96     - New Upstream Version of dar
  - New Upstream Version dar  
   
97   - Add requires nfs-utils   - Add requires nfs-utils
   
98   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start
   
99   - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /   - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
100    
101    File Server
102    -----------
103     - The samba performance registry is now added in the win10samba.reg
104     - Corrected typo in patch of bad character '“', relative to roaming profile
105     - e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9049.RoamingProfileForW8.patch
106       Added e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9049.RoamingProfileForW8.patch
107       Modified the registry file for roaming profile with W8
108     - Roaming profiles follow Windows version (.V2,.V3,.V4,.V5)
109       added W10 support to SME Domain
110       e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9028.W10_registry.patch
111       e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9028.W10_registry.patch  
112     - Fix samba audit parameters Patch from Jorge Gonzalez
113    
114    
115  LDAP  LDAP
   
116  ----  ----
   
117   - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be   - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be
   
118     parsed     parsed
119    
   
   
120  Localisation  Localisation
   
121  ------------  ------------
   
122   - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle
   
123   - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle
   
124   - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle   - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle
125    
   
   
126  Mail Server  Mail Server
   
127  -----------  -----------
128     - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.7
  - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.6  
   
  - Updated to release ClamAV 0.98.5  
   
129   - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel   - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel
   
130   - 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.  
   
131   - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.2.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch   - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.2.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch
132     - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : UEsDBBQDAAAIA
133   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database :   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & ZIPV3
    UEsDBBQDAAAIA  
   
  - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX &  
    ZIPV3  
   
134   - Fix stunnel path   - Fix stunnel path
   
135   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS
   
136   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter
   
137     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>
   
138   - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd   - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd
   
139   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98
   
140   - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List   - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List
141    
   
   
142  Server manager  Server manager
   
143  --------------  --------------
   
144   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
145      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
   
146      xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668      xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668
   
147      core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669      core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669
   
148      exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670      exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670
   
149   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
150      spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object      spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object
   
151      change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698      change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698
   
152      spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670      spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670
   
153      gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.      gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.
   
154      CVE-2014-2497      CVE-2014-2497
   
155      fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in      fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in
   
156      cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587      cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587
   
157      core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT      core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT
   
158      record parsing. CVE-2014-3597      record parsing. CVE-2014-3597
   
159   - Resync with upstream php53, which include   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
   
160      core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721      core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721
   
161      date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712      date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712
   
162      core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.      core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.
   
163      CVE-2014-4049      CVE-2014-4049
   
164      core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type      core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type
   
165      confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515      confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515
   
166      fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270      fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270
   
167      fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type      fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type
   
168      rules. CVE-2014-1943      rules. CVE-2014-1943
   
169      fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571      fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571
   
170      fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479      fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479
   
171      fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480      fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480
   
172      fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping      fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping
   
173      DoS. CVE-2014-0237      DoS. CVE-2014-0237
   
174      fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite      fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite
   
175      loop. CVE-2014-0238      loop. CVE-2014-0238
176    
   
   
   
   
177  Web Server  Web Server
   
178  ----------  ----------
   
179   - Disable SSLv3   - Disable SSLv3
   
180   - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed   - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed
   
181   - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929   - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929
182    
   
   
183  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
   
184  -----------------------  -----------------------
185     - Only fire the ip-change event when IP is assigned to WAN nic
186       (Code by Charlie Brady and John Crisp)  
187   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected
   
188     answer to NO     answer to NO
189     - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
190   - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip   - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
    allowed in dhcpd  
   
  - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against  
    ip allowed in dhcpd  
   
191   - Reset primary ibay default type   - Reset primary ibay default type
192     - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters in the server-manager.
193   - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters     Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the hostname field
    in the server-manager.  
   
    Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the  
 hostname field  
   
194     Code done by Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>     Code done by Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>
   
195     and Huib <sme@artixdesign.com>     and Huib <sme@artixdesign.com>
   
196   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain
   
197   - Move mysql logging to multilog   - Move mysql logging to multilog
   
198   - Allow ntp status queries from localhost.   - Allow ntp status queries from localhost.
   
199   - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update.   - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update.
   
200   - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby   - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby
201     - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252
202   - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and   - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of the
    CVE-2012-2252  
   
  - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of  
    the  
   
203     CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.     CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.
   
204   - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.   - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.
   
205   - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message   - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message
   
206     generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix     generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix
   
207     regression).     regression).
   
208   - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild   - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
   
209   - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)   - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)
   
210   - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2   - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2
   
211   - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager   - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager
   
212   - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates   - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates
   
213   - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository   - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository
214    
215    
   
   
   
216  General features  General features
   
217  ================  ================
218    
   
   
219  - Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates
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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