Availability of BigFix Compliance Analytics version 2.0 Patch 7

HCL BigFix is pleased to announce the release of BigFix Compliance Analytics version 2.0 Patch 7

4-November-2022 Update: Some impacts have been seen by customers which are under investigation by the BigFix team. Please follow this link to stay up to date on the work there. (LINK)

Product: BigFix Compliance

Title: Availability of BigFix Compliance Analytics version 2.0 Patch 7

Published site: SCM Reporting, version 150

BigFix Compliance Analytics version 2.0 Patch 7 includes the following new features, enhancements, and fixes.

Rails updated from 5.2.6.2 to 5.2.8.2  

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty updated to 22.0.0.8 to address vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-39031, CVE-2022-22475, CVE-2022-22476 

IBM SDK Java Technology Edition Version updated to 8.0.7.11 to address vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-21340, CVE-2021-35550, CVE-2021-35603, CVE-2021-35559, CVE-2021-35560, CVE-2021-41035. 

Default Self-Signed certificate issued to/by HCL. 

Import Server-Based groups by defining computer groups on BigFix Compliance side with specifying server-based groups as Data Source Group. 

“/session” page now has attribute "autocomplete=off" to prevent browsers from caching credentials. 

SupersededEval table now checks in LONGQUESTIONRESULTS 

Fixed duplicate CVE ID in the "Most addressed vulnerabilities" list of Vulnerabilities Overview dashboard. 

Fixed Display indicator when compliance percentage is between 0% and 1% 

Updated Fixlet 1010 from SCM Reporting Fixlet site to disable weak cipher suites 

Updated Fixlet 1009 from SCM Reporting Fixlet site to deploy log4j library of version 2.18.0 

Actions to take:

To take advantage of the fixes, upgrade BigFix Compliance Analytics to version 2.0.7. 

For first time installation:

In the License Overview Dashboard in the BigFix console (BigFix Management domain), enable the SCM Reporting site. 

In the Security Configuration domain in the console, open the Configuration Management navigation tree. 

Select the Fixlet named BigFix Compliance Server 2.0 - First-time Install Fixlet under the BigFix Compliance Install/Upgrade menu tree node. 

Follow the Fixlet instructions and take the associated action to install your BigFix Compliance deployment. 

For upgrade installation: Refer to the prescribed upgrade steps for the BigFix Compliance version that you are using.

IMPORTANT: Before you start any upgrade process, perform a server and database backup.

A. For BigFix Compliance Analytics versions 1.9.x, 1.10.x and 2.0.x:

Make sure that you completed the server and database backup. 

In the Security Configuration domain in the console, open the Configuration Management navigation tree. 

Under the BigFix Compliance Install/Upgrade menu tree item, select the BigFix Compliance Server 2.0 - Upgrade Fixlet which automatically installs and upgrades to the new version. 

Follow the Fixlet instructions and take the associated action to upgrade your BigFix Compliance deployment. 

Update the data schema. To do this, log in to the BigFix Compliance web interface from the host server and proceed with configuration. Upgrading the data scheme is expected and it will take some time to complete. NOTE: Automatic upgrade installation only affects installations running under the LocalSystem account. Follow the Fixlet instructions to install the update manually if this fix cannot be applied. 

B. For BigFix Compliance Analytics versions prior to 1.9:

Manually upgrade to version 1.10.1.48. The 1.10.1.48 installer can be found here http://software.bigfix.com/download/bfc/server/1.10/bfc-server-1.10.1.48.exe 

After manually upgrading to version 1.10.1.48, use the BigFix Compliance Server 2.0 Upgrade Fixlet to upgrade to version 2.0 (See step A). 

More information:

BigFix Compliance Guides: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/analytics.html 

BigFix Forums - Release Announcements Channel: https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance 

BigFix Compliance team
HCL BigFix

Is there a update schema to this update if upgrading from 2.0.6? Last time, when I upgraded from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6, there wasn’t one and when I asked in the forum, I didn’t get a response.

I don’t know if this is 100% true but the "SupersededEval table now checks in LONGQUESTIONRESULTS " release note makes me think the schema is being tweaked/updated.

I’m upgrading now and will see if I notice anything in the SQL logs.

Just finished upgrading and ran a Schema Change History report against my BFC database and it does look like some changes occurred. Its a bit much to report on here, so if I were you, I’d just plan on expecting changes and make sure you have ‘sysadmin’ rights in place when you upgrade.

I do have sysadmin rights. I’ll upgrade tomorrow and find out if “Update Schema” window appears when accessing the web interface.

Didn’t even think of that. I was just right down the rabbit hole. Lol. I didn’t get the Update Schema window when I logged in after my upgrade.

ok, and which version were you upgrading from?

2.0.6.27

Yeah, I didn’t get an update schema option either.