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ASG Up2Date 5.212 released [Low]

This Up2Date improves the support for the upcoming Astaro Command Center V1, improves the report generator and fixes a string vulnerability in "ez-ipupdate".
It also contains a fixes for rare issues with antispam and DSL connections (PPPoA).

If you plan to monitor or manage your ASG V5 device with ACC you should install this Up2Date to be prepared :-)

Up2Date 5.212

REMARKS

* Required previous version is 5.211
* Existing configuration will not be changed
* Middleware will be restarted
* Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted
* Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a few minutes

NEW/CHANGED/IMPROVED

* Improved Support for upcoming Astaro Command Center V1
* Improved report generator when using uninitialized values
* Fixed ez-ipupdate format string vulnerability

BUGFIX (please refer to the known issue list on http://www.astaro.com/kb)

ID1831 PPPoA daemon not terminated correctly
ID3750 Spamassassin may fill up root partition

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:

(MD5sum: 406b53777ff91c213b23a2b2325698d3 Size : 20,593,437 bytes)

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.
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
- 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)

Posted by Markus Hennig on May 9, 2006 4:43 PM | Permalink

ASG Up2Date 5.212 released [Low]

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