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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server:
HTTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – Australian Mirror – Austria Mirror – Japanese Mirror
FTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – Australian Mirror – Austria Mirror – Japanese 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)
