[High] ASL V5 GA Version: Up2Date 5.005

Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.005 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.005, is the General Availability Release.

Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.005 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.005, is the General Availability Release.

Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH)
Size: 43.3MB (45,405,085 bytes)
md5sum: aa91da2f4006fd9dc243ad0a9efd214b

Up2Date 5.005

Remarks

  • Required previous version is 5.004
  • Existing configuration will not be changed
  • !! ATTENTION !! Firewall will reboot after updating !! 

New/Changed/Improved

New kernel with security fixes

  • fix for the memleak in do_fork()
  • fix for the MCAST/setsockopt() buffer overflow (CAN-2004-0424)
  • fix for a permission problem on /proc/scsi/qla2300/HbaApiNode
  • fix for the buffer overflow in panic() (CAN-2004-0394)

New exim with security fixes

  • fix for Header syntax overflow (CAN-2004-0400)

Bugfix

(please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org)
ID912 Interfaces names in Reporting->Networks missing
ID914 Many ppp interfaces in reports
ID918 Reporting->Administration->Config changes does not work
ID940 Older videocards may not support framebuffer/bootsplash
ID946 Contentfilter does not support special characters
ID959 Importing backup with ‘$’ in password does not work
ID974 NAS Identifier for Radius authentication (PPTP / L2TP)
ID996 SurfProtection license expires May 6th, 2004
ID998 POP3 does not move fetched emails into quarantine
ID999 WebAdmin does not support special characters
ID1006 Dropdown content not sorted in Packetfilter->Rules
ID1013 SMTP Whitelist/Blacklist regular expression error
ID1020 IPS pattern update does not work correctly

Download Information

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

  1. Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service" and start a "Update now" in "System Up2Date. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date process and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.
  2. Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service" and enable "Prefetch Up2dates". The System Administrator will receive a Notification email after an Up2Date package has been succesfully fetched and can install the Up2Date by clicking "[install]" on the now available menu item "Unapplied Up2Dates". An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.
  3. Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server:
    HTTP: Astaro USAstaro GermanyAustralian MirrorAustria MirrorJapanese Mirror
    FTP: Astaro USAstaro GermanyAustralian MirrorAustria MirrorJapanese Mirror
    Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service", start "Import from file" and import the downloaded Up2Date package. After a successful upload click "[install]" on the now available menu item "Unapplied Up2Dates". An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

To install Astaro Security Linux, you need the installation ISO image, available on our download page.

Hardware Requirements (Hardware Calculator):

  • CPU: PII > 400MHz
  • RAM: 128 MB (256 recommended)
  • CDROM: IDE or SCSI (see HCL for supported SCSI controller)
  • Harddisk: > 5GB IDE or SCSI (see HCL for supported SCSI controller)
  • NIC: at least 2 PCI NICs (see HCL for support chipsets)