Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention System 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010 README ======================================================================== Readme file for: IBM Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware 4.6.2.0 AllModels-Hotfix Fixpack 0010 Product/Component Release: 4.6.2.0 Update Name: 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010 PatchID: 2084 Platforms: Proventia G Publication date: April 17, 2015 Last Modification date: April 17, 2015 Copyright IBM Corporation 2015. All rights reserved worldwide. Please read this document in its entirety. ======================================================================== CONTENTS ======================================================================== * Description * Compatibility and Prerequisites * Known Issues * Installation information * Files included in this update * Contacting IBM Support * Copyright and trademark ======================================================================== DESCRIPTION ======================================================================== - Don't change GX status to unhealthy until a percentage of errors have occurred. Item tunable by spa.allowsperrcomm.percent an integer from 0-100 depicting percentage of heartbeat value times 2. Default value for tuning parameter is 0. - Fixes issue in which installation may not install all packages because of an erroneous naming convention in pervious patches. FP9 and lower. Previous Fixes - Updates gskit to version 8.0.50.41 - Delivers security fixes to date. Please visit http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support to view security bulletins for this product. - Dump event details when event serialization fails - Prevent erroneous netengine restart when the packet thread is in housekeeping - Increase the time between detection of packet process thread hung and restart of netengine to have a better chance to getting a stack trace. - Adds error detection logic to catch and correct errors writing ips events to the local database under certain conditions. - Upgrades issMSL to version 5.9.0.1-3. - Fixes the issue with the health check of Snort process where frequent detaches due to heavy traffic load spits out snort not running messages whereas the LMI indicates Snort as running. - Fixes an issue with the loading of the Open Signature Policy that would cause it to be loaded out of order. - Fixes an issue in FW 4.6.2 where GX fails to post events to SP. This fix uses non-blocking version of curl to avoid indefinite block in the read call. ======================================================================== COMPATIBILITY AND PREREQUISITES ======================================================================== This update is only compatible with the IBM Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention System firmware 4.6.2.0. It can be applied on top of any previously installed patches. MD5 checksum calculation: - 26ec0fc46c0d59c145f8d3d0e81ee417 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010.tgz ======================================================================== KNOWN ISSUES ======================================================================== There are no known issues with this patch. ======================================================================== INSTALLATION INFORMATION ======================================================================== To copy the update to the Proventia appliance: 1) Using an SCP tool such as WinSCP, copy 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010.tgz to the "/root" folder on your Proventia G or GX appliance. 2) Use an SSH client such as PuTTY to log into your Proventia G or GX appliance as 'root'. 3) Execute the following commands: tar -xvzf 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010.tgz cd 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010 To install the update, execute ./install.sh To uninstall the update, execute ./install.sh -r ======================================================================== FILES INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE ======================================================================== 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010.zip | |--4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010.tgz | | | |--iss-csf-new.rpm | |--gx7/ | |--gx7/iss-secmgr-original.rpm | |--gx7/iss-proventiag-crm-original.sigtgz | |--gx7/iss-secmgr-new.sigtgz | |--gx7/iss-netengine-original.sigtgz | |--gx7/iss-netengine-new.sigtgz | |--gx7/iss-netengine-new.rpm | |--gx7/iss-netengine-original.rpm | |--gx7/iss-secmgr-new.rpm | |--gx7/iss-proventiag-crm-original.rpm | |--gx7/iss-proventiag-crm-new.rpm | |--gx7/iss-proventiag-crm-new.sigtgz | |--gx7/iss-secmgr-original.sigtgz | |--iss-secmgr-original.rpm | |--iss-proventiag-crm-original.sigtgz | |--iss-log-utils-new.rpm | |--iss-glmi-original.rpm | |--iss-watchdog-original.rpm | |--iss-secmgr-new.sigtgz | |--iss-netengine-original.sigtgz | |--iss-proventiag-spa-new.sigtgz | |--issMSL-original.rpm | |--iss-csf-new.sigtgz | |--iss-netengine-new.sigtgz | |--iss-ppd-new.rpm | |--iss-provg-tools-original.rpm | |--gx6/ | |--gx6/iss-secmgr-original.rpm | |--gx6/iss-proventiag-crm-original.sigtgz | |--gx6/iss-secmgr-new.sigtgz | |--gx6/iss-netengine-original.sigtgz | |--gx6/iss-netengine-new.sigtgz | |--gx6/iss-netengine-new.rpm | |--gx6/iss-netengine-original.rpm | |--gx6/iss-secmgr-new.rpm | |--gx6/iss-proventiag-crm-original.rpm | |--gx6/iss-proventiag-crm-new.rpm | |--gx6/iss-proventiag-crm-new.sigtgz | |--gx6/iss-secmgr-original.sigtgz | |--iss-netengine-new.rpm | |--iss-watchdog-new.rpm | |--iss-log-utils-original.rpm | |--iss-provg-tools-new.rpm | |--issMSL-new.sigtgz | |--iss-ppd-new.sigtgz | |--iss-csf-original.rpm | |--iss-proventiag-spa-new.rpm | |--iss-netengine-original.rpm | |--iss-secmgr-new.rpm | |--install.sh | |--issMSL-new.rpm | |--iss-glmi-new.rpm | |--iss-proventiag-crm-original.rpm | |--iss-csf-original.sigtgz | |--patch2084.info | |--iss-ppd-original.sigtgz | |--iss-proventiag-spa-original.rpm | |--iss-proventiag-crm-new.rpm | |--issMSL-original.sigtgz | |--iss-ppd-original.rpm | |--iss-proventiag-crm-new.sigtgz | |--iss-secmgr-original.sigtgz | |--iss-proventiag-spa-original.sigtgz | |--4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0010-Readme.txt ======================================================================== CONTACTING IBM SUPPORT ======================================================================== To Contact IBM Support Worldwide Phone: Call IBM Support by selecting phone number from this location: http://www.ibm.com/planetwide When prompted for type of support, select option 2 for Software Support You will need to provide your IBM Customer Number (ICN) Electronically: Go to http://www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml and open a new service request =========================================================================== COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK =========================================================================== Copyright and trademark information http://www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml Notices INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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