Server Software Update Notification: 04-21-2007
The following updates will be completed 04/25/2007 on all servers:
Linux MPS/VPS:
- Sendmail RBL
- The vinstall for the Sendmail RBL (real-time blackhole list) subscription utility will be updated to allow authenticated
connections to send email through the server, even if the connecting IP address is on a blackhole list. It is strongly
recommended that anyone who has installed Sendmail RBL through the vinstall update their configuration by connecting to
your server through SSH and executing the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall sendmail-rbls
- Pine
- The Pine command-line email and news reader version 4.64 will be added to the system. More information about Pine can
be found here:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/
No action needed.
- ProFTPD
- The ProFTPD GPL-licensed FTP server will be updated to disable the init script and more appropriately run the
application from xinetd.
No action needed.
- vadduser
- The vadduser command-line utility will be updated to restart Sendmail after adding a new user when CPX is installed.
This update affects vadduser only.
No action needed.
- phpPgAdmin
- A vinstall for the phpPgAdmin Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL version 4.1.1 will be added to the system.
More information about phpPgAdmin can be found here:
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/
To install phpPgAdmin, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall phppgadmin
- Time Zone
- The time zone vinstall will be updated to only allow execution by the root user. This update only affects the vinstall
itself.
No action needed.
- ClamAV
- The vinstall for ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to address linked files. The vuninstall for ClamAV will
be updated to correctly stop the clamd process and remove the freshclam information from the /etc/crontab file. These
two updates only affect the vinstall and uninstall themselves.
No action needed.
- mutt
- The mutt command-line email client will be updated to version 1.4.1i. More information about mutt versions can be found here:
http://www.mutt.org/doc/ChangeLog
No action needed.
- ClamAV
- ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to version 0.90.1. This version brings the utility to the most current stable
release and improves scanning of mail and tar files. More information about version 0.90.1 can be found here:
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel
No action needed.
- Email Commands
- The proprietary email commands vnewaliases and vnewvirtmaps will be added to the Linux MPS/VPS system. These commands
rebuild the aliases and virtmaps databases, respectively.
No action needed.
- Jakarta Tomcat
- The vinstall for Jakarta Tomcat will be updated to configure the utility to correctly mount directories. To take
advantage of this update or install Tomcat, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command line:
# vinstall tomcat
FreeBSD MPS/VPS v3
- OpenSSH
- The portable OpenSSH connectivity tool will be updated to version 4.6.p1,1. This version brings the tool to the most
current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with gsskex, HPN, and LPK. More information about version 4.6.p1,1 can be
found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=openssh-portable
No action needed.
- Zend Optimizer
- The vinstall for the Zend Optimizer PHP enhancement utility will be updated to install version 3.2.4 and will no longer
require downloading the program files as a separate step. All installation will be performed by the vinstall. More
information about Zend Optimizer can be found here:
http://www.zend.com/products/zend_optimizer
To install Zend Optimizer or update existing installations, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following
command from the prompt:
# vinstall zendoptimizer
The vuninstall for Zend Optimizer will also be updated to restart the Apache Web server and more correctly remove
configurations from the php.ini file when the utility has been removed. This update only affects the vuninstall itself.
No action needed.
- Apache
- The Apache Web server will be updated to utilize the /usr/local/etc/rc.d file when administrators restart all Web
servers for a machine. This allows accounts to configure Apache startup options in the /etc/rc.conf file.
No action needed.
- Apache Portable Runtime
- The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library configuration scripts for the Apache Web Server will be moved from
/usr/local/apache2/bin/ to /usr/local/apr-httpd/bin/. More information about APR can be found here:
http://apr.apache.org/
No action needed.
- ClamAV
- The vinstall for ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to address linked files. The vuninstall for ClamAV will be
updated to correctly stop the clamd process and remove the freshclam information from the /etc/crontab file. These two updates
only affect the vinstall and uninstall themselves.
No action needed.
- Perl 5
- A vinstall for the Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) general-purpose programming language version 5.8.7 will
be added to the system. More information about Perl can be found here:
http://www.perl.com/
Perl version 5.8.7 comes pre-installed on the system, but this vinstall will repair any corrupted or problematic installations
and return the installed version to 5.8.7. You can update the installed version of Perl to 5.8.7 by connecting to your server
through SSH and executing the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall perl5
If the existing Perl installation is too corrupted to execute the vinstall command, you can execute the command directly by
executing the following from the command prompt:
# /usr/local/install/perl5.install
- Sendmail RBL
- The vinstall for the Sendmail RBL (real-time blackhole list) subscription utility will be updated to allow authenticated
connections to send email through the server, even if the connecting IP address is on a blackhole list. It is strongly
recommended that anyone who has installed Sendmail RBL through the vinstall update their configuration by connecting to
your server through SSH and executing the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall sendmail-rbls
- Portupgrade
- The Portupgrade FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite will be updated to version 2.2.6_3,2.
This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 2.2.6_3,2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=ports-mgmt&port=portupgrade
Also, the Index-6.db file used by Portupgrade will be updated to reflect current packages and dependencies.
No action needed.
- SQLite
- The SQLite database engine will be updated to version 3.3.13. This version introduces support for SQLite-threads. More
information about version 3.3.13 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=databases&port=sqlite3
No action needed.
- UnRAR
- The unRAR archive utility, part of RAR: Roshal ARchive data compression software, will be updated to version 3.70.b4,4.
This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with conflicts. More information
about version 3.70.b4,4 can be found at these pages:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=archivers&port=unrar
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=archivers&port=unrar
No action needed.
- Libunrar
- Libunrar, part of RAR: Roshal ARchive data compression software, will be updated to version 3.7.4,1. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 3.7.4,1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=archivers&port=libunrar
No action needed.
- Bitstream Vera
- The Bitstream Vera font family will be updated to version 1.10_3. This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD
version. More information about version 1.10_3 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=bitstream-vera
No action needed.
- Xterm
- The xterm terminal emulator will be updated to version 225. This version brings the utility to the most current version
and addresses issues with clipping, function-key definitions, and many other issues. More information about version 225 can
be found here:
http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_225
No action needed.
- phpMyAdmin
- The vinstall for the phpMyAdmin MySQL administration tool will be updated to correctly verify existing PHP installations.
This update only affects the vinstall itself.
No action needed.
- phpPgAdmin
- A vinstall for the phpPgAdmin Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL version 4.1.1 will be added to the system.
More information about phpPgAdmin can be found here:
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/
To install phpPgAdmin, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall phppgadmin
- Time Zone
- The time zone vinstall will be updated to only allow execution by the root user. This update only affects the vinstall
itself.
No action needed.
- vnukelog
- The vnukelog command-line file deletion utility will be added to the FreeBSD MPS/VPS v3 system and updated to include
additional command-line options, such as help and verbose output. The utility will also be updated to delete the suEXEC and
SSL logs as well as to better parse the /www/conf/httpd.conf configuration file. This update affects vnukelog only.
No action needed.
- Libmcrypt
- The Libmcrypt cryptographic library will be updated to version 2.5.8. This version brings the library to the most
current FreeBSD version. More information about version 2.5.8 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libmcrypt
No action needed.
- IO::Socket::SSL
- The IO::Socket::SSL class will be updated to version 1.04. This version brings the class to the most current version and
addresses issues with session caching. More information about version 1.04 can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.04/Changes
No action needed.
- KSBA
- The KSBA certificates library will be updated to version 1.0.1. This version updates the utility. More information about
version 1.0.1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libksba
No action needed.
- Netpbm
- The Netpbm graphics software package will be updated to version 10.26.42. This version brings the utility to the most current
FreeBSD version. More information about version 10.26.42 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=netpbm
No action needed.
- Dirmngr
- The Dirmngr certificate management client will be updated to version 0.9.7. This version updates the utility. More information
about version 0.9.7 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=dirmngr
No action needed.
- Savelogs
- The vinstall for the proprietary savelogs file rotation utility will be updated to add sample configuration files and additional
command-line options, such as help.
No action needed.
FreeBSD MPS/VPS v2
- Apache
- The Apache Web server will be updated to utilize the /usr/local/etc/rc.d file when administrators restart all Web servers for
a machine. This allows accounts to configure Apache startup options in the /etc/rc.conf file.
No action needed.
- ClamAV
- The vinstall for ClamAV, a GPL virus scanner, will be updated to address linked files. The vuninstall for ClamAV will be
updated to correctly stop the clamd process and remove the freshclam information from the /etc/crontab file. These two updates
only affect the vinstall and uninstall themselves.
No action needed.
- Sendmail RBL
- The vinstall for the Sendmail RBL (real-time blackhole list) subscription utility will be updated to allow authenticated
connections to send email through the server, even if the connecting IP address is on a blackhole list. It is strongly
recommended that anyone who has installed Sendmail RBL through the vinstall update their configuration by connecting to
your server through SSH and executing the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall sendmail-rbls
- Zend Optimizer
- The vuninstall for Zend Optimizer will also be updated to restart the Apache Web server and more correctly remove
configurations from the php.ini file when the utility has been removed. This update only affects the vuninstall itself.
No action needed.
- PHP 4.x
- The vinstall for the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language for version 4.x will be updated to add dBase to the
list of available extensions. To add the dBase extension to your installation of PHP version 4.x, connect to your server
through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall php4
- Portupgrade
- The Portupgrade FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite will be updated to version 2.2.6_3,2.
This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 2.2.6_3,2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=ports-mgmt&port=portupgrade
Also, the INDEX.db file used by Portupgrade will be updated to reflect current packages and dependencies.
No action needed.
- LinuxThreads
- The LinuxThreads implementation of POSIX pthreads will be updated to version 2.2.3_22. This version brings the utility to
the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with pthread manager pipe commands. More information about version
2.2.3_22 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=devel&port=linuxthreads
No action needed.
- OpenSSH
- The portable OpenSSH connectivity tool will be updated to version 4.6.p1,1. This version brings the tool to the most current
FreeBSD version and addresses issues with gsskex, HPN, and LPK. More information about version 4.6.p1,1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=openssh-portable
No action needed.
- Libunrar
- Libunrar, part of RAR: Roshal ARchive data compression software, will be updated to version 3.7.4,1. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version. More information about version 3.7.4,1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=archivers&port=libunrar
No action needed.
- UnRAR
- The unRAR archive utility, part of RAR: Roshal ARchive data compression software, will be updated to version 3.70.b3,4. This
version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses issues with the Chinese language. More information
about version 3.70.b3,4 can be found at these pages:
No action needed.
- Bitstream Vera
- The Bitstream Vera font family will be updated to version 1.10_3. This version brings the utility to the most current FreeBSD
version. More information about version 1.10_3 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=x11-fonts&port=bitstream-vera
No action needed.
- Xterm
- The xterm terminal emulator will be updated to version 225. This version brings the utility to the most current version and
addresses issues with clipping, function-key definitions, and many other issues. More information about version 225 can be found here:
http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_225
No action needed.
- libdrm
- The libdrm interface to kern Direct Rendering Module (DRM) services will be updated to version 2.0.2. This version brings the
utility to the most current FreeBSD version and addresses R200 VP commands. More information about version 2.0.2 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=libdrm
No action needed.
- phpPgAdmin
- A vinstall for the phpPgAdmin Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL version 4.1.1 will be added to the system. More
information about phpPgAdmin can be found here:
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/
To install phpPgAdmin, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall phppgadmin
- Time Zone
- The time zone vinstall will be updated to only allow execution by the root user. This update only affects the vinstall
itself.
No action needed.
- vnukelog
- The vnukelog command-line file deletion utility will be updated to include additional command-line options, such as help
and verbose output. The utility will also be updated to delete the suEXEC and SSL logs as well as to better parse the
/www/conf/httpd.conf configuration file. This update affects vnukelog only.
No action needed.
- Libmcrypt
- The Libmcrypt cryptographic library will be updated to version 2.5.8. This version brings the library to the most
current FreeBSD version. More information about version 2.5.8 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libmcrypt
No action needed.
- KSBA
- The KSBA certificates library will be updated to version 1.0.1. This version updates the utility. More information about
version 1.0.1 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=libksba
No action needed.
- Netpbm
- The Netpbm graphics software package will be updated to version 10.26.42. This version brings the utility to the most current
FreeBSD version. More information about version 10.26.42 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=graphics&port=netpbm
No action needed.
- Dirmngr
- The Dirmngr certificate management client will be updated to version 0.9.7. This version updates the utility. More information
about version 0.9.7 can be found here:
http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?category=security&port=dirmngr
No action needed.
- Savelogs
- The vinstall for the proprietary savelogs file rotation utility will be updated to add sample configuration files and additional
command-line options, such as help.
No action needed.
FreeBSD MPS/VPS v1
- Apache
- The default Apache Web server configuration file will be updated to address issues with the ServerLimit and
MaxClients values.
No action needed.
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- Control Panel
- The Control Panel will be updated to version 3.7.2. This version introduces new features and improves functionality. Some major changes and updates include the following:
- phpMyFAQ version 1.6.8 will be added to the available add-ons.
- HTML formatting functionality for email messages will be added.
- Option to include a message signature will be removed from the message compose window.
- Problems with the user search will be fixed.
No action needed; refer to future email announcements for details and documentation.
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