Server Software Notification: 04-11-2007
The following updates were completed on 04-11-2007 on all servers:
Linux MPS/VPS
- ShopSite
- The ShopSite shopping cart will be added to the available add-ons for Linux MPS/VPS. More information about ShopSite can be found here:
http://www.shopsite.com/
This update affects new orders only. No action needed.
- ClamAV
- The vuninstall for ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to address syntax issues. This update affects the vuninstall
only. No action needed.
- yum
- The yum software package manager package database will be updated. This affects the yum packages list only. No action needed.
- Apache
- The default Apache Web server configuration file will be updated to address issues with the ServerLimit and MaxClients
values. No action needed.
- PHP 4.x
- The vinstall for PHP 4.x will be updated to include Oracle and OCI8 as available extensions for installation. This update
affects the vinstall only. To install these and other extensions for your PHP 4.x installation, connect to your server through
SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall php4
Select the appropriate extensions when prompted.
- Zend Optimizer
- The vinstall for the Zend Optimizer PHP enhancement utility will be updated and will no longer require downloading the program
files as a separate step. All installation will be performed by the vinstall. This update affects the vinstall only. No action needed.
FreeBSD MPS/VPS v3
- ClamAV
- ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to version 0.90.1_1. This version brings the utility to the most current stable
release and improves scanning of mail and tar files. More information about version 0.88.7_1 can be found here:
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel
No action needed.
The vuninstall for ClamAV will also be updated to address syntax issues. This update affects the vuninstall only.
No action needed.
- SpamAssassin
- The vinstall for the SpamAssassin mail filter will be updated to install version 3.1.8_1. This version brings the utility to
the most current FreeBSD version and addresses a security issue (CVE-2007-0451) discussed here:
http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-0451.txt
This version also addresses issues with DomainKeys, DKIM, the sa-learn Bayesian filtering learning utility, as well as GPG.
More information about version 3.1.8_1 can be found at these pages:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/build/announcements/3.1.8.txt
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=mail&port=p5-Mail-SpamAssassin
No action needed.
- PHP 4.x
- The vinstall for the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language for version 4.x will be updated to address issues
with the XML, XML-RPC, and DOM extensions. This update affects the vinstall only.
No action needed.
- PostgreSQL
- The vinstall for the PostgreSQL database management system will be updated to start the program daemon upon finishing
the installation. This update affects the vinstall only.
No action needed.
- PCRE Library
- The PCRE regular expression library will be updated to version 7.0_1. This version brings the library to the most
current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with UTF8 support. More information about version 7.0_1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=pcre
No action needed.
- GPG
- GPG (GNU Privacy Guard or GnuPG) will be updated to version 2.0.3. This version brings the utility to the most
current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with multiple messages. More information about version 2.0.3 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=gnupg
No action needed.
- Quota
- The system will be updated to address certain conditions that cause corruption of quotas when relinking an account.
No action needed.
- CGI Library
- The /usr/local/share/contrib directory will be updated with the following programs:
cgiemail
comments
counter
Finger
Guestlist
iWhois
Redirect Form
TTL Tool (tts)
Whois
More information about these programs, including how to install and configure them, can be found here:
http://support.alpineweb.com/hosting/vps/freebsd/webserver/cgi/lib/index.html
- Compress::Raw::Zlib
- The Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module version 2.004 will be added to the system. More information about Compress::Raw::Zlib can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Compress-Raw-Zlib/
No action needed.
- IO::Compress::Base
- The IO::Compress::Base Perl Module version 2.004 will be added to the system. More information about IO::Compress::Base can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Compress-Base/
No action needed.
- Math::BigInt
- The Math::BigInt Perl module will be updated to version 1.81. This version brings the module to the
latest version. More information about version 1.81 can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/src/TELS/Math-BigInt-1.81/CHANGES
No action needed.
- Compress::Zlib
- The Compress::Zlib Perl module will be updated to version 2.003. This version addresses issues with version
checking. More information about version 2.003 can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/src/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-2.003/Changes
No action needed.
- IO::Zlib
- The IO::Zlib Perl module will be updated to version 1.05. This version brings the module to the most current
version. More information about version 1.05 can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/src/TOMHUGHES/IO-Zlib-1.05/ChangeLog
No action needed.
- IO::Socket::SSL
- The IO::Socket::SSL class will be updated to version 1.03. This version brings the class to the most current
FreeBSD version. More information about version 1.03 can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.03/Changes
No action needed.
- gettext
- The GNU gettext utility will be updated to version 0.16.1. This version brings the utility to the most current
FreeBSD version. More information about version 0.16.1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=gettext
No action needed.
- Netpbm
- The Netpbm graphics software package will be updated to version 10.26.41. This version brings the utility to
the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 10.26.41 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=netpbm
No action needed.
- Linux Fontconfig
- The Linux /i386 binary port of the fontconfig library for font customization and configuration will be updated
to version 2.2.3_6. This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with
GNOME. More information about version 2.2.3_6 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=linux-fontconfig
No action needed.
- Libgcrypt
- The Libgcrypt cryptographic library will be updated to version 1.2.4_1. This version brings the utility to the
most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More information about version
1.2.4_1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libgcrypt
No action needed.
- KSBA
- The KSBA certificates library will be updated to version 1.0.0_2. This version brings the utility to the most
current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More information about version
1.0.0_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libksba
No action needed.
- Dirmngr
- The Dirmngr certificate management client will be updated to version 0.9.6_2. This version brings the utility
to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More information about
version 0.9.6_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=dirmngr
No action needed.
- Fontconfig
- The fontconfig library for font customization and configuration will be updated to version 2.4.2,1. This version
brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 2.4.2,1 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=fontconfig
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=fontconfig
No action needed.
- GnuTLS
- The GnuTLS portable ANSI C-based library will be updated to version 1.6.1_2. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More
information about version 1.6.1_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=gnutls
No action needed.
- Qt and Pinentry-qt
- The Qt C++ toolkit and QT-based pinetry entry dialogue will be removed from the system as they will
not function correctly in the virtual environment.
No action needed.
- Pinentry-Curses
- The curses-based pinetry entry dialogue utility version 0.7.2_5 will be added to the system. More
information about pinentry-curses can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/security/pinentry-curses/
No action needed.
- ImageMagick
- The ImageMagick image processing tools library will be updated to version 6.3.2.0_2. This
version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version
6.3.2.0_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=ImageMagick
No action needed.
- LibXSLT
- The LibXSLT C parser libraries for XML version 1.1.20 will be updated to correctly interact
with the libgpg-error library.
No action needed.
- Vim-lite
- The vim-lite editor will be updated to version 7.0.214. This version brings the utility to the
most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 7.0.214 of the full vim package can
be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=editors&port=vim
No action needed.
- cURL
- The cURL file transfer utility will be updated to version 7.16.1. This version brings the utility
to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with cookies and Libssh2. More information
about version 7.16.1 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=ftp&port=curl
No action needed.
- libgpg-error
- The libgpg-error library will be updated to version 1.4_1. This version brings the utility to the
most current FreeBSD version and addresses build issues. More information about version 1.4_1 can be
found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libgpg-error
No action needed.
- Jman
- The Jman Japanese manual pages utility will be updated to version 1.1j_6. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses locale issues. More information about
version 1.1j_6 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=japanese&port=man
No action needed.
- Portupgrade
- The Index-6.db file used by the Portupgrade FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management
tool suite will be updated to reflect current packages and dependencies.
No action needed.
FreeBSD MPS/VPS v2
- OpenSSL
- The OpenSSL toolkit for SSL/TLS will be updated to version 0.9.7m. This version brings the toolkit
to the most current FreeBSD 0.9.7x version and addresses issues with FIPS 1.1.1, buffers,
CipherSuite cipher specification strings, test programs, and several other issues. More information
about version 0.9.7m can be found at these pages:
http://cvs.openssl.org/getfile?f=openssl/CHANGES
http://www.openssl.org/news/announce.html
No action needed.
- PHP 4.x
- The vinstall for the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language for version 4.x will be updated
to address issues with the XML, XML-RPC, and DOM extensions. This update affects the vinstall only.
No action needed.
- Oracle Client Libraries
- The FreeBSD Oracle8 client libraries version 0.1.1_1 will be added to the system. More information
about the libraries can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/databases/oracle8-client/
Note that these libraries are not officially supported by Oracle.
No action needed.
- ClamAV
- ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to version 0.90.1_1. This version brings the utility
to the most current stable release and improves scanning of mail and tar files. More information
about version 0.88.7_1 can be found here:
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel
No action needed.
The vuninstall for ClamAV will also be updated to address syntax issues. This update affects the vuninstall only.
No action needed.
- PCRE Library
- The PCRE regular expression library will be updated to version 7.0_1. This version brings the
library to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with UTF8 support. More information
about version 7.0_1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=pcre
No action needed.
- GPG
- GPG (GNU Privacy Guard or GnuPG) will be updated to version 1.4.7. This version brings the utility
to the most current FreeBSD version for GPG 1.x and addresses issues with inserted text. More
information about version 1.4.7 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=gnupg1
No action needed.
- Libtool and libltdl
- The GNU Libtool generic library support script and its associated libltdl wrapper library will be
updated to versions 1.5.22_4 and 1.5.22_2, respectively. These versions bring the utilities to the
most current FreeBSD versions and address issues with development. More information about Libtool
version 1.5.22_4 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=libtool15
More information about libltdl version 1.5.22_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=libltdl15
No action needed.
- Portupgrade
- The Portupgrade FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite will be updated to
version 2.2.6_2,2. This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information
about version 2.2.6_2,2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=ports-mgmt&port=portupgrade
No action needed.
- Xterm
- The xterm terminal emulator will be updated to version 224. This version brings the utility to
the most current version and addresses issues with blinking cursors, control sequences, menus, and
several other issues. More information about version 224 can be found here:
http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_224
No action needed.
- Webmin
- The vuninstall for the Webmin Web-based interface for system administration for UNIX will be
updated to correctly stop program processes. This update affects the vuninstall only.
No action needed.
- cURL
- The cURL file transfer utility will be updated to version 7.16.1. This version brings the utility
to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with cookies and Libssh2. More information
about version 7.16.1 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=ftp&port=curl
No action needed.
- Vim-lite
- The vim-lite editor will be updated to version 7.0.214. This version brings the utility to the most
current FreeBSD version. More information about version 7.0.214 of the full vim package can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=editors&port=vim
No action needed.
- libgpg-error
- The libgpg-error library will be updated to version 1.4_1. This version brings the utility to the
most current FreeBSD version and addresses build issues. More information about version 1.4_1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libgpg-error
No action needed.
- LibXML2 and LibXSLT
- The LibXML2 and LibXSLT C parser libraries for XML will be updated to versions 2.6.27 and 1.1.20,
respectively. These new versions update the libraries and address issues with portability, the build,
documentation, and several other issues. More information about LibXML2 version 2.6.27 can be found here:
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
More information about LibXSLT version 1.1.20 can be found here:
http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html
No action needed.
- Libgcrypt
- The Libgcrypt cryptographic library will be updated to version 1.2.4_1. This version brings the utility
to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More information
about version 1.2.4_1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libgcrypt
No action needed.
- KSBA
- The KSBA certificates library will be updated to version 1.0.0_2. This version brings the utility to
the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More information
about version 1.0.0_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libksba
No action needed.
- Jman
- The Jman Japanese manual pages utility will be updated to version 1.1j_6. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses locale issues. More information about version 1.1j_6 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=japanese&port=man
No action needed.
- Dirmngr
- The Dirmngr certificate management client will be updated to version 0.9.6_2. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the libgpg-error library. More
information about version 0.9.6_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=dirmngr
No action needed.
- Ispell
- The Ispell interactive spell-checking program will be updated to version 3.2.06_17. This version brings
the utility to the most current FreeBSD version and adds support for Czechoslovakian. More information
about version 3.2.06_17 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=textproc&port=ispell
No action needed.
- gettext
- The GNU gettext utility will be updated to version 0.16.1. This version brings the utility to the
most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 0.16.1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=gettext
No action needed.
- Fontconfig
- The fontconfig library for font customization and configuration will be updated to version
2.4.2,1. This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information
about version 2.4.2,1 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=fontconfig
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=fontconfig
No action needed.
- Netpbm
- The Netpbm graphics software package will be updated to version 10.26.41. This version
brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version
10.26.41 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=netpbm
No action needed.
- ImageMagick
- The ImageMagick image processing tools library will be updated to version 6.3.2.0_2.
This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information
about version 6.3.2.0_2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=ImageMagick
No action needed.
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