Symas software release announcements and comments

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.3 Released for RHEL4/RHEL5/SLES9/SLES10 on i386 and x86_64

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.3 is available on our download site. The changes for this release include:

OpenLDAP:
Fixed mod.sm_numvals used before initialized iin ePolicy overlay
(Symas #902)

Berkeley DB:
Limit the size of a log record generated by freeing pages from
a database so it fits in the log file size. [#17313]
Fixed a bug that could cause a file to be removed if it was
both the source and target of two renames within a
transaction. [#18069]
Modified how we go about selecting a usable buffer in the
cache. Place more emphasis on single version and obsolete
buffers. [#18114]
Fixed a bug that could lead to btree structure corruption if
the db->compact method runs out of locks. [#18361]
Allow any file to be truncated even if its not a db
file. [#18373]
Avoid a segmentation fault error if the lock manager runs out
of locks. [#18428]
Add dbreg close records for open but missing databases during
recovery. [#18459]
Fixed a bug where populating a SecondaryDatabase on open could
lead to an OutOfMemoryException.. [#18529]
Fixed a bug where entries in the db register file did not get
cleared out properly after recovery takes place. This will
permit a process to perform a dbenv->close and then
reconnect to environment without needing to stop the
process. [#18535]

This release is available immediately for RHEL4/RHEL5/SLES9/SLES10 on i386 and x86_64.

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Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.8 for AIX 5.3 and 6.1 on PPC

Symas Unified User Management version 3.4.8 is available on our download site. The principal change for this release:

nss_ldap:
* Symas #903: Fixed two bugs in _nss_ldap_parse_net(),
ldap-network.c. The bugs caused core dump in
getnetby{name,addr} and getnetent calls on AIX 5.3 and 6.1.

This release is available immediately for AIX 5.3 and 6.1 on PPC.

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Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.2 additional platforms

This package is now available for download:

* SunOS 5.10 on x86 and x86_64

Additional information concerning the 2.4.21.2 release is here:

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.2 Released

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.2 Released

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.2 is available on our download site.

This release is available immediately for these platforms:

  • RHEL4/RHEL5/SLES9/SLES10 on i386 and x86_64
  • SunOS 5.10 on SPARC 64-bit and 32-bit
  • Microsoft Windows on x86

The changes for this release include:

OpenLDAP:
Fixed assert in slaptools under Windows (Symas #865)
Fixed assert error in rwm ITS#6484 (Symas #807)
Fixed db_sql not in package (Symas #792)
Fixed solserver script doesn’t handle USER and GROUP settings from
config file (Symas #806)
Added delete and archive support to slapo-homedir (Symas #738)
Added HPOV overlays (Symas #827)
Fixed back-ldap+rwm+pcache core dump (Symas #858, ITS#6484)
Fixed back-bdb/hdb uninit lock DBT (Symas #844, ITS#6501)

OpenSSL:
Upgrade to 0.9.8n;
CFB cipher definition fixes.
Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
Cipher definition fixes.
Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
SPKAC handling fixes.
Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
Compression memory leak fixed.
Compression session resumption fixed.
Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
Many fixes to DTLS handling.
Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.

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Symas Unified User Management 3.4.7 additional SPARC platforms

These packages are now available for download:

* SunOS 5.8 and 5.9 on SPARC

Additional information concerning the 3.4.7 release is here:

Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.7 for SunOS 5.10 on SPARC

Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.7 for SunOS 5.10 on SPARC

Symas Unified User Management version 3.4.7 is available on our download site. The principal change for this release:

Packaging:

* Solaris 5.10 is bundled with a recoversuum script
that can be used to recover nss_ldap and pam_ldap libraries after
Solaris patches. Also, the packaging is configured in a way in
which SUUM can be installed on global and whole-root local
zones. See Platform Notes for further details.

This release is available immediately for SunOS 5.10 on SPARC.

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Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.6 for AIX 6.1 on PPC

Symas Unified User Management version 3.4.6 for AIX 6.1 on PPC is available on our download site.

Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes.

Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.5 for RHEL4/RHEL5 on i686

Symas Unified User Management version 3.4.5 for RHEL4/RHEL5 on i686 is available on our download site.

Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes.

Release of Symas Unified User Management 3.4.4 for RHEL4/RHEL5 on x86_64

Symas Unified User Management version 3.4.4 is available on our download site. The principal change for this release:

Sudo:
Excluded sudo build and distribution from platforms other than Solaris.

This release is available immediately for RHEL4/RHEL5 on x86_64.

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Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.1 Released for MacOS 10.5 (Leopard) on i386 and x86_64

Symas OpenLDAP 2.4.21.0 is available on our download site. The changes for this release include:

Packaging:
Fixed db_sql not in package (Symas #792)
Fixed exampledb.sh problem that could cause it to not find slapd and
then to exit (Symas #791)
Most silver releases will only contain 32-bit versions of Symas
OpenLDAP.

OpenLDAP:
Fixed lockup problem on MacOS X 10.5 32-bit build (Symas #796)

This release is available immediately for MacOS 10.5 (Leopard) on i386 and x86_64.

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