BigFix 9.5 Patch 18 is now available

[Donatella]

The BigFix team is pleased to announce the release of version 9.5 Patch 18 (9.5.18.74) of the BigFix Platform.
The main features in this release are as follows:

• Security enhancements

• Defect Articles (DA) and defect fixes

• Upgrade the following external libraries:

  • The SQLite library was upgraded to Version 3.34.1.
  • The OpenLDAP library was upgraded to Version 2.4.56.
  • The OpenSSL library was upgraded to Version 1.0.2y.

Additional information about this release

• The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 9.5 Utilities section on the BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.

References

• See the full technical changelist.

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

• All BigFix Platform components are being released in this patch.
• Ensure to STOP the WebUI and any other active application connecting to the BigFix database BEFORE starting the upgrade.
• The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements info). This applies to version 9.5 Patch 17 and later.
• A manual Server upgrade is required if you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.5.5. Refer to BigFix 9.5.5 Release Notes for more information.

Useful links

BigFix downloads and release information

Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center

• BigFix Server on Linux
• BigFix Server on Windows

Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1451 (or later).

[quest]

Shouldn’t these release announcements contain links to the corresponding Security Bulletins on the HCL Knowledgebase? I want to know what components of BigFix are addressed by the CVE fixes listed in the technical change list entry for 9.5.18.