March 2014 - syslog-ng-announce

syslog-ng 3.5.4.1 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.5.4.1 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Mar 13, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.5.4.1) has been released. For latest fixes in the 3.5.x feature branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version if you are running on a 32-bit platform. CHANGES: 3.5.4.1 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:46:07 +0100 This is the fourth bug-fix release for the 3.5.x series, with a single fix for 32-bit platforms. Upgrading to this version is highly recommended for people using 32-bit platforms, others are not affected. Bugfixes ======== * The basic template functions (substr, +, -, etc) were fixed to work correctly on 32-bit platforms, following up on a previous change that changed how numbers are parsed. Credits ======= syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> Peter Czanik <czanik(a)balabit.hu> DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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syslog-ng 3.5.4 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.5.4 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Mar 12, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.5.4) has been released. For latest fixes in the 3.5.x feature branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 3.5.4 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:18:36 +0100 This is the third bug-fix release for the 3.5.x series, with a number of important improvements over the previous release. Upgrading to this version is highly recommended. Bugfixes ======== * The value-pairs code had a serious bug, where under some circumstances (depending on compiler, platform and optimisation flags), it could end up in a live-lock, where the only way out was to forcibly kill the syslog-ng process. * SDATA enterprise IDs are handled better when using value-pairs (MongoDB, $(format-json), etc): the enterprise id is kept together, the possibly dotted numeric ID is not split into sub-structures anymore. * json-parser() can now be used from multiple log paths without crashing the syslog-ng process. * Options that can take a unit-suffixed number now work correctly on 32-bit big-endian platforms. * Using some time-related macros (like R_SEC) in filters do not crash syslog-ng anymore. * The internal copy of libmongo-client was updated to version 0.1.7.1, which fixes an important bug in the safe mode handling code. * The system() source learned to recognise FreeBSD jails, and will not use /dev/klog when running inside one. * The host() and port() options of the MongoDB destination have been marked obsolete (which were documented as such, but the code didn't follow). * The username() and password() options are now mandatory for the AMQP destination, and syslog-ng raises an error if either of them is unset. This is because the destination does not work without them anyway. * The timezone file parser now supports Tzif3 formatted files too. * The $(geoip) template function handles failed look-ups gracefully: it expands to an empty string then, and does not print a warning anymore. * The source code was updated to work with bison 3 and later (only affects people compiling from git, or rebuilding grammar files). * The syslog-ng pkg-config file now has an scldir and a datarootdir variable too, to help third-party packages. Credits ======= syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Andras Mitzki <micek(a)balabit.hu> Andres Tamayo <Andres.Tamayo(a)viasat.com> Balazs Scheidler <bazsi(a)balabit.hu> Daniel Gados <gdani(a)balabit.hu> Evan Rempel <erempel(a)uvic.ca> Fabien Wernli <bugzilla.balabit(a)faxm0dem.org> Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> Igor Ippolitov <iippolitov(a)gmail.com> Peter Czanik <czanik(a)balabit.hu> Steve Berryman <steve(a)berryman.org.uk> Tibor Benke <btibi(a)balabit.hu> Viktor Tusa <tusa(a)balabit.hu> DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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syslog-ng Premium Edition 4 LTS (4.0.7) has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng Premium Edition VERSION : 4 LTS (4.0.7) SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Mar 11, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Premium Edition (4 LTS (4.0.7)) has been released. For a full description on stable and feature releases, see Section 2.16. Stable and feature releases of syslog-ng PE in The syslog-ng Premium Edition 4 LTS (4.0.7) Administrator Guide. CHANGES: 4 LTS (4.0.7) Tue, 11 March 2014 15:09:35 +0100 Fixed bugs: #27595 syslog-ng might crash when changing the name of a source with a reload while the source is in use #30777 lgstool cat with template does not display SDATA fields correctly #31173 relative symlinks in wildcard sources caused syslog-ng to crash #31181 read from wildcard file source not working properly on AIX #31395 certain mark-mode() settings can prevent syslog-ng stats to be logged #31396 syslog-ng crashes while trying to process an invalid logstore journal file For details on the fixed issues see our issue tracking page at http://www.balabit.com/mybalabit/fixed-bugs/revision/ DOWNLOAD: Download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server/upg… Note that to download the binaries, you have to login into your MyBalaBit account. The documentation of the syslog-ng application is available in The syslog-ng Premium Edition 4 LTS (4.0.7) Administrator Guide at: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/ Kind Regards, BalaBit IT Security You are receiving this email because you showed interest in our products. Unsubscribe <http://www.balabit.com/newsletter/unsubscribe/4398019b4f2681fdce75b07177a63…> from the syslog-ng Premium Edition Technical Newsletter.

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