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1  SME Server 9.0 Beta 1 Release Notes  Koozali SME Server 9.1 Beta 3 Release Announcement
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2    
3  14 October 2013  Koozali SME Server 9.1 Beta 3 Release Notes
4    ===========================================
5    30th Sept 2015
6    
7  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce
8  SME Server 9.0 Beta 1 which is based on CentOS 6.4  the release of SME Server 9.1 Beta 3 which is based on CentOS 6.7.
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
16    ========
17    You can download SME Server 9.1 Beta 3 from
18    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.1.beta3/
19    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,
22    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.  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
28    a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
29    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.
# Line 23  However, the availability and quality of Line 34  However, the availability and quality of
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
# Line 34  your have in the field. Please, help the Line 47  your have in the field. Please, help the
47    
48  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
49    
50  Thanks  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
51  ======  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
   
 The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved  
 themselves with this release.  
52    
53  Notes  Notes
54  =====  =====
55    In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore.
56    /boot partition is always RAID 1.
57    The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
58    
59  This section will be updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 2  USB installs are now supported, see:
60    http://wiki.contribs.org/Install_From_USB#SME_Server_9
61    
62  Major changes in this release  Major changes in this release
63  =============================  =============================
64    Added functionality to use a Dummy NIC for the internal interface
65  This section will be updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 2  Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager
66    Disable SSLv3
67    Added Windows 10 support for SME Domain
68    
69  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
70  =======================  =======================
71    
72  This section will be updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 2  Only the changes since SME Server 9.0 are listed, mainly
73  Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is  autogenerated from the changelogs.
 autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be  
 written for SME Server 9.0 Beta 2.  
   
74    
75  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
76  not included.  not included.
77    
   
78  Backups  Backups
79  -------  -------
80  - Dar updated to 2.4.10   - dar new upstream version
81  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after   - dar add pkgconfig
82    backup.   - Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch
83  - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.   - Change the sub checkMount() to findmnt Ian Wells <esmith@wellsi.com>
84  - Refactor directory tree creation and removal.   - Add requires nfs-utils
85  - Workstation Backup, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages.   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start
86  - Workstation Backup, more reliable catalog creation.   - Don't remove the apache group during restore
 - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.  
 - Workstation Backup, do not access /proc/mounts  
 - Incremental backup fix.  
 - Workstation Backup, allow spaces in the backup destination.  
   Includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces.  
 - Desktop Backup, allow user setting of compression level.  
 - Use Wake on LAN before starting Backup with DAR.  
 - NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount.  
 - Require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for cifs mount.  
 - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.  
 - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.  
   Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.  
   
 File Server  
 -----------  
 - Also remove the empty template-begin file in pam.d/proftpd templates.  
 - Remove unused pam templates.  
 - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.  
 - Add template for wide links.  
 - Add templates for max protocol.  
 - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login.  
 - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file.  
 - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName  
 - Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option.  
 - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.  
 - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint  
   authentication  
87    
88  LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)  LDAP
89  ----  ----
90  None   - Remove size limit for search result
91     - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be
92       parsed
93     - Symlink /etc/init.d/ldap to /usr/bin/sv
94     - Chown all DB files to ldap before staring slapd
95     - Set checkpoint in slapd.conf instead of DB_CONFIG
96     - Stop ldap on shutdown (rc0 and rc6)
97     - Don't overwrite the ldif dump if slapcat's output is empty
98       (code from Charlie Brady)
99     - Run db_recover on startup
100     - Don't wipe LDAP DB when the ldif dump is empty
101    
102  Localisation  Localisation
103  ------------  ------------
104  - Latest translations included.   - apply locale smeserver-locale-2.4.0-locale-2015-07-12.patch
105     - apply locale smeserver-locale-2.4.0-locale-2015-07-01.patch
106     - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle
107     - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle
108    
109  Mail Server  Mail Server
110  -----------  -----------
111  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.   - ClamAV Updated to release 0.98.7
112  - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.   - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.4.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch
113  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : UEsDBBQDAAAIA
114  - Simplify qmail concurrency templates.   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & ZIPV3
115  - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.   - Disable fips mode on stunnel
116  - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS
117  - Fix Net::DNS update breaks qpsmtpd.   - Revert forcing TLSv1 patch as it breaks some inbound delivery
118  - allows the spamassassin plugin to read the size limit from its   - Revert whitelist_soft dnsbl as it hasn't been verified yet and we need to
119    arguments     push the fix for TLSv1
120  - Move clamscan scheduling to complete before 99-raid-check.   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter
121  - Listen on loopback if disabled.     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>
122  - Fix permissions on imapd.pem as it's used by pop3s.   - Force usage of TLSv1
123  - Do not obsolete bglibs, it's required for cvm.   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98
124  - Allow plaintext (unless explicitly disabled).   - Allow custom passdb args
125  - Do not obsolete cvm, it's still needed for qpsmtpd.   - allow IP relayclient stored by DB
126  - Fix size_limit initialization.     Code from Stefano ZAmboni <zamboni@mind-at-work.it>
127  - reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it     & Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>
128    to the arguments of the plugin if defined.   - allow IP relayclient stored by DB
129  - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.     Code from Stefano ZAmboni <zamboni@mind-at-work.it>
 - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.  
 - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.  
130    
131  Server manager  Server manager
132  --------------  --------------
133  - Renew donation text in server-manager.   - fix gzfile accept paths with NUL character #1213407
134  - Do not load mod_ssl.   - fix patch for CVE-2015-4024
135  - Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel.   - fix more functions accept paths with NUL character #1213407
136  - add security fix for CVE-2013-4113.   - soap: missing fix for #1222538 and #1204868
137     - core: fix multipart/form-data request can use excessive
138  Webmail and Groupware     amount of CPU usage CVE-2015-4024
139  ---------------------   - fix various functions accept paths with NUL character
140  - Don't use SSL over loopback.     CVE-2015-4026, #1213407
141     - ftp: fix integer overflow leading to heap overflow when
142       reading FTP file listing CVE-2015-4022
143     - phar: fix buffer over-read in metadata parsing CVE-2015-2783
144     - phar: invalid pointer free() in phar_tar_process_metadata()
145       CVE-2015-3307
146     - phar: fix buffer overflow in phar_set_inode() CVE-2015-3329
147     - phar: fix memory corruption in phar_parse_tarfile caused by
148       empty entry file name CVE-2015-4021
149     - soap: more fix type confusion through unserialize #1222538
150     - soap: more fix type confusion through unserialize #1204868
151     - core: fix double in zend_ts_hash_graceful_destroy CVE-2014-9425
152     - core: fix use-after-free in unserialize CVE-2015-2787
153     - exif: fix free on unitialized pointer CVE-2015-0232
154     - gd: fix buffer read overflow in gd_gif.c CVE-2014-9709
155     - date: fix use after free vulnerability in unserialize CVE-2015-0273
156     - enchant: fix heap buffer overflow in enchant_broker_request_dict
157       CVE-2014-9705
158     - phar: use after free in phar_object.c CVE-2015-2301
159     - soap: fix type confusion through unserialize
160     - fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710
161     - xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668
162     - core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669
163     - exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670
164     - spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object
165       change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698
166     - spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670
167     - gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.
168       CVE-2014-2497
169     - fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in
170       cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587
171     - core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT
172       record parsing. CVE-2014-3597
173     - core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721
174     - date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712
175     - core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.
176       CVE-2014-4049
177     - core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type
178       confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515
179     - fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270
180     - fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type
181       rules. CVE-2014-1943
182     - fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571
183     - fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479
184     - fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480
185     - fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping
186       DoS. CVE-2014-0237
187     - fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite
188       loop. CVE-2014-0238
189     - add php_get_module_initialized internal function (#1053301)
190     - soap: fixRFC2616 transgression (#1045019)
191     - fix static calling in non-static method (#953786)
192     - fix autoload called from closing session (#954027)
193     - drop unneeded part of CVE-2006-724.patch and fileinfo.patch
194       extension not provided or git binary patches (#1064027)
195     - odbc: fix incompatible pointer type (#1053982)
196     - mysqli: fix possible segfault in mysqli_stmt::bind_result
197       php bug 66762 (#1069167)
198     - mysql: fix php_mysql_fetch_hash writes long value into int
199       php bug 52636 (#1054953)
200    
201  Web Server  Web Server
202  ----------  ----------
203  - Force magic_quotes Off.   - DIsable SSLv3
204     - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed
205     - Mitigate CVE-2012-4929
206     - Turn SSLEngine on in the SSL vhost (ProxyPassVirtualHosts)
207     - Remove obsolete gpc_order setting from php.ini.
208     - Add an upload_tmp_folder setting by db command
209     - Thanks to Michael McCarn and Jean-philippe Pialasse
210    
211  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
212  -----------------------  -----------------------
213  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.   - Added new createlinks function event_templates event_actions event_services
214  - Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre.   - Don't claim to own /sbin and /sbin/e-smith
215  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.   - display variable name in the server-manager $domainName, $domainDesc $domain
216  - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected   - Revert the upload_tmp_folder patch as it needs some more work
217    ibay.   - Add dummy NIC support as InternalInterface
218  - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated.   - Only fire the ip-change event when IP is assigned to WAN nic
219  - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB.     (Code by Charlie Brady and John Crisp)
220  - Fix group creation when LDAP auth is enabled.   - Only reset service access when switching to or from private server mode
221  - Disable IPv6 on a default install.     (Code by Charlie Brady)
222  - Continue escaping control chars in rsyslog, just replace LF with space.   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected
223  - Use UTF-8 in the console.     answer to NO
224  - Remove redundant parts of init-accounts.   - Added a comment to specify the real configuration file of dhcpd
225  - Add_template_to_ssl.pem, codes by JP Pialasse.   - Modified the patch of daniel e-smith-base-5.6.0-ensure_apache_alias_www.patch
226  - Require diald.   - Ensure www group exists and that apache is an alias of www
227  - Removal of rc.e-smith now functionality is in e-smith-service.   - Check where running runlevel 4, not 7 in service wrapper
228  - Replacement of rc.e-smith by moving code into e-smith-service.   - Correctly update NIC configuration on single NIC systems
229  - Fix the way '.' works in bash.   - Symlink udev-post service in rc7
230  - rename /etc/ldap.conf to /etc/pam_ldap.conf (and same for .secret).   - Fix PPPoE after a post-upgrade
231  - Always define InternalInterface NICBonding.   - Remove dependency on microcode_ctl
232  - In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk.   - Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays, by Mark Casey
233  - Fix a few more syslog => rsyslog items.   - Don't claim to own /sbin and /sbin/e-smith
234  - Remove modprobe stuff.   - Add an upload_tmp_folder setting by db command
235  - Don't be as agressive on rate limiting.     Thanks to Michael McCarn and Jean-philippe Pialasse
236  - Change syslog templates to rsyslog.   - the folder /tmp is created by the event init-ibays
237  - Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized.   - the event ibay-modify create/chown/chmod the folder /tmp
238  - Change System Name from mitel-networks-server to sme-server.   - Add an upload_tmp_folder setting by db command
239  - Patch to remove symlink to Primary ibay from /home/e-smith/files/primary.     Thanks to Michael McCarn and Jean-philippe Pialasse
240  - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain
241    ibay.   - Perl::critic syntax modifications
242  - Correctly display accented letters in the console.   - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
243  - Add e-smith as a Requires(pre) and remove adding users in %pre.   - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
244  - Fix uid and gid to be the same in create-system-user.   - Allow the admin upsd in /etc/hosts.allow
245  - Ignore mysql.event table.   - Creation Admin Privilege for use of upscmd & upsrw
246  - Use --single-transaction in mysql-dump-tables.   - Remove obsolete directives {allowfrom}
247  - Use mysql_upgrade instead of fix_privilege_tables.   - Access property created (default value is 'localhost')
248  - Increase memory limit for ntp.   - Remove obsolete directives {ACL,ACCEPT,REJECT} and switch to LISTEN
249  - Make rsyslog listen to our socket.     in /etc/ups/upsd.conf
250  - Remove rc.quota_create.   - Allow NUT in /etc/hosts.allow and in /etc/services
251  - the config file is radiusclient.conf, not radiusclient-ng.conf.     Code change from Daniel B.<daniel@firewall-services.com>
252  - Add templates for radiusclient-ng.conf file to remove binaddr   - Revert the patch e-smith-tinydns-2.4.0_add_hostname_following_dhcpdleases_hostname.patch
253    directive.   - Duplicate hostnames with different IP are not used, a warn in log is printed
254  - Add directive to options.pptpd so that radius plugin can find the   - The server hostname can not be used by a dhcp client, a warning in log is printed
255    radiusclient configuration file..   - Changed the name of /tmp/dhcpd.leases to /tmp/tmpdhcpd.leases
256  - Fix permissions of /etc/radiusclient-ng/servers.     when the dhcpd lease is modified
257  - Add hack for running rc7.d script during runlevel 4.   - Do template-expand of /var/service/tinydns/root/data
258  - Apply SME Server config file changes to pwauth.   - Do sigus1 of dhcp-dns & dnscache
259  - Renew donation text and add donation graphic.   - Forked DHCPparse for parsing the end of lease and remove old entry of dnscache
260  - Fix /etc/system-release.   - Require perl-Text-DHCPparse removed
261  - Fix libgomp obsoletes to not obsolete el6 version.   - Timestamp added in tinydns, the entry in dnscache is cleared when the lease is over
262  - Change order of mail options in check4updates.   - Add new feature 'Parse dhcpd.leases and feed to tinydns'
263  - Change wording of Software Update button.   - e-smith-tinydns-2.4.0_add_hostname_following_dhcpdleases_hostname.patch
264       made from the solution of Stefano Zamboni
265     - Make slapd service an alias for ldap
266     - Switched to sysvinit from systemd (it's rhel-6)
267     - Fixed license tag Related: rhbz#632853
268     - pptpd New version
269     - Dropped pppd-unbundle patch (upstreamed)
270     - Various fixes according to Fedora review Related: rhbz#632853
271     - Modified for Fedora Resolves: rhbz#632853
272     - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252
273     - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of the
274       CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.
275     - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.
276     - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message
277       generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix
278       regression).
279     - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
280     - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)
281     - Update runit to 2.1.2
282     - Remove now uneeded obsolete directives
283     - Remove openssl from the Exclude list of centos repo
284     - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates
285     - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository
286     - Move protected package list to the correct location
287    
288  General features  General features
289  ================  ================
290    - Based on CentOS 6.7 and all available updates
291    
292  - Based on CentOS 6.4 and all available updates  Terry Fage
293    On behalf of the SME Server development team
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