Server Software Update Notification: 03-17-2011

  • Friday, 18th March, 2011
  • 20:14pm

This document contains information for the group of server updates (or dist) occurring March 21, 2011 through March 23, 2011 in all datacenters. Until that time, all of the information included in this document is subject to change.

Most VPS and MPS updates do not require action by customers to receive the full benefits of the update. Some updates may require action by customers to receive all benefits of the update, but usually this action is optional, such as updating to the latest version of software. Updates for each platform in this document are grouped together according to any (optional) action needed or no action needed, with those updates possibly requiring action listed first.

Important updates in this Notification:

The following updates affect popular or important services and programs:

  • ClamAV (Linux and v3)
  • PHPMyAdmin (Linux and v3)
  • Proftpd (Linux and v3)
  • Spamassassin (Linux and v3)
  • MySQL (Linux)
  • Ports Tree Upgrade (v3)

Linux VPS/MPS

The following updates will be made to the Linux VPS/MPS platform.

Important services to be restarted:

The following services will be restarted by Verio as part of the update:

  • clamd (ClamAV)
  • spamd (Spamassassin)

Possible Action Needed

The following Linux VPS/MPS updates may require additional attention or action to take advantage of the full benefits of the update. Any possible actions are listed at the end of the individual update information.

* Squirrelmail-1.4.21

Squirrelmail will be upgraded to version 1.4.21.

To upgrade existing installations of Squirrelmail, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:

# vinstall squirrelmail

* phpMyAdmin

The vinstall for phpMyAdmin will be upgraded to the latest versions.

The vinstall will install phpMyAdmin version 3.3.9.1 if PHP5 and MySQL5 are running, otherwise the vinstall will install phpMyAdmin version 2.11.11.2.

To upgrade existing installations of phpMyAdmin, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall phpmyadmin

* Mysql-5.1.55

The Mysql vinstall will be upgraded to version 5.1.55.

To upgrade existing installations of mysql, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall mysql

No Action Needed

The following Linux VPS/MPS updates do not require action by customers to take advantage of the full benefits of the update. Some services may be rebooted as part of the update.

* Apache Restart

The restart_apache script will be updated to first try a simple reload when called from savelogs.

* Proftpd-1.3.3d

Proftpd will be upgraded to version 1.3.3d.
http://proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.3d

* Spamassassin 3.3.1

Spamassassin will be upgraded to version 3.3.1.

* ClamAV-0.97

ClamAV will be upgraded to version 0.97.

 

FreeBSD VPS/MPS v3

The following updates will be made to the FreeBSD VPS/MPS v3 platform.

Important services to be restarted:


The following services will be restarted by Verio as part of the update:

  • clamd (ClamAV)
  • named (Bind)
  • Apache
  • Sendmail
  • saslauthd
  • spamd (Spamassassin)

Possible Action Needed

The following VPS/MPS v3 updates may require additional attention or action to take advantage of the full benefits of the update. Any possible actions are listed at the end of the individual update information.

* Squirrelmail-1.4.21

Squirrelmail will be upgraded to version 1.4.21.

To upgrade existing installations of Squirrelmail, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall squirrelmail

* phpMyAdmin

The vinstall for phpMyAdmin will be upgraded to the latest versions.

The vinstall will install phpMyAdmin version 3.3.9.1 if PHP5 and MySQL5 are running, otherwise the vinstall will install phpMyAdmin version 2.11.11.2.

To upgrade existing installations of phpMyAdmin, connect to your server through SSH and execute the following from the command prompt:
# vinstall phpmyadmin

No Action Needed

The following VPS/MPS v3 updates do not require action by customers to take advantage of the full benefits of the update. Some services may be rebooted as part of the update.

* ClamAV-0.97

ClamAV will be upgraded to version 0.97.

* Apache Restart

The restart_apache script will be updated to first try a simple reload when called from savelogs.

* Proftpd-1.3.3d

Proftpd will be upgraded to version 1.3.3d.
http://proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.3d

* OpenSSL-1.0.0d

OpenSSL will be upgraded to version 1.0.0d and 0.9.8r to address the following:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-0014

* mod_python

mod_python will be upgraded to version 3.3.1_3

* Ruby

Ruby will be updated - ruby+nopthreads-1.8.7.302,1

* Ports Tree Update

The ports tree was updated including the following:
Upgrade pcre to version 8.12
Update netcat to version 1.10_3
Upgrade pkg_install
Upgrade pkg-config to version 0.25_1
Add fftw3-3.2.2_1 to fix an ImageMagick dependency
Upgrade png to version 1.4.5
Add jbig2dec to fix an ImageMagick dependency
Upgrade mimesupport to version 3.51.1
Upgrade mutt-devel to version 1.5.21
Upgrade gnupg to version 2.0.16_6
Add gpgme-1.3.0_3 (mutt dependency)
Upgrade readline to version 6.1
Upgrade lftp to version 4.1.2
Upgrade m4 to version 1.4.15,1
Update automake to version 1.4.6_6
Upgrade automake-wrapper to version 20101119
Upgrade autoconf to versopn 2.68
Upgrade autoconf-wrapper to version 20101119
Upgrade ncftp to version 3.2.4
Delete cairo-1.8.8,1
Upgrade mhash to verison 0.9.9.9_1
Upgrade ja-nkf to verison 2.1.1,1
Upgrade rsync to version 3.0.7
Upgrade jpeg to version 8_3 (jpegsrc.v8b)
Upgrade tiff to version 4.0.0
Upgrade netpbm to version 10.26.64_4
Update libiconv to port revision 1.13.1_1
Update ja-groff to port revision 1.18.1_13
Update ja-less+iso to port revision 382.262_1
Update lrzsz to port revision 0.12.20_3
Upgrade ksh93 to version 20100309
Upgrade unzip to verion 6.0
Upgrade gettext to version 0.18.1.1 (old libs put in /usr/local/lib/compat)
Update aspell to rev 0.60.6_5, and repackage it as aspell-without-dicten
Upgrade en-aspell to version 7.1.0
Upgrade es-apsell to version 1.11.2,1
Upgrade xz to version 5.0.0
Upgrade gtar to verison 1.25_1
Upgrade libtool and libltdl to version 2.2.10
Update cyrus-sasl to the latest port revision 2.1.23_1
rebuilt cyrus-sasl-saslauthd against the new revision of cyrus-sasl
Update expat to the latest port revision 2.0.1_1
Upgrade mpfr to version 3.0.0
Update gcc-4.2.5 to revision 20090325_5
Upgrade cdialog to version 1.1.20100428,1
Upgrade ja-FreeWnn-lib to version 1.1.1.a021_9
Upgrade ja-canna-lib to version 3.7p3_8
Upgrade ja-mecab to version 0.98
Upgrade ja-namazu2 to version 2.0.19
Upgrade ja-p5-MeCab to version 0.98
Upgrade ja-p5-nkf to version 2.1.1,1
Upgrade namazu2 to version 2.0.20_1
Upgrade lzo2 to version 2.04
Update procmail to revision 3.22_7
Upgrade compat5x to version 5.4.0.8.1_1
Upgrade p5-version-0.88
Upgrade p5-Params-Check-0.26_1
Upgrade p5-NetAddr-IP-4.038
Upgrade p5-Module-Load-Conditional-0.38
Upgrade p5-Module-Load-0.18
Upgrade p5-Module-CoreList-2.42
Upgrade p5-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21
Upgrade p5-IPC-Cmd-0.68
Upgrade p5-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.2802_1,1
Upgrade p5-Compress-Raw-Lzma-2.031_1
Upgrade p5-Archive-Tar-1.76
Upgrade openldap-client version to 2.4.23
Upgrade curl to version 7.21.3
Update linux_base-fc-4 to revision 15
Upgrade/reinstall linux-fontconfig 2.2.3_9 & linux-expat 1.95.8_2 after the linux_base update
Update/Upgrade p5-Date-Manip 6.20_1 & p5-YAML-Syck 1.17
Upgrade popt to version 1.16
Upgrade p5-Storable 2.25 & p5-Locale-gettext 1.05_3
Upgrade/Update gmake 3.81_4 and gawk 3.1.8
Upgrade libgpg-error to version 1.10
Upgrade sudo to version 1.7.4.6
Upgrade e2fsprogs-libuuid to version 1.41.14
Upgrade emacs to version 23.2
Upgrade libgcrypt to version 1.4.6
Upgrade p5-Mail-DKIM to version 0.39
Upgrade IO-Socket-SSL to version 1.38
Upgrade p5-Digest-SHA to version 5.50
Upgrade libslang2 to version 2.2.3
Update most to version 5.0.0_1
Upgrade libksba to version 1.1.0
Upgrade vim-lite to version 7.3.81
Upgrade unrar to version 4.00.b4
Upgrade gnutls to version 2.8.6
Update Lua to the latest port revision 5.1.4_5
Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.7.8
Upgrade help2man to version 1.38.4
Upgrade freetype to version 2.4.4
Upgrade lynx to version 2.8.8d7
Update wget to version 1.12_2
Upgrade libxslt to version 1.1.26
Upgrade bison to version 2.4.3
Upgrade nmap to version 5.50
Upgrade libpthread-stubs to version 0.3
Upgrade makedepend to verison 1.0.2
Upgrade libassuan to version 2.0.1
Upgrade libunrar to veriosn 3.9.10
Upgrade imake to version 1.0.3
Upgrade sqlite3 version to 3.7.4
Upgrade bash to version 4.1.9
Update nmh to the latest port revision 1.2_3
Upgrade python25 to version 2.5.5
Update alpine to the latest port revision 2.00_2
Update rpm to the ports latest revision 3.0.6_15
Update arj to the latest port revision 3.10.22_4
Upgrade glib to version 2.26.1
Upgrade zsh to version 4.3.10
Upgrade portupgrade to veriosn 2.4.8
Update gamin to match the latest port revision 0.1.10_4
Upgrade pinentry-curses to verison 0.8.1
Update p5-Mail-SpamAssassin 3.3.1_3 & sa-utils 0.02_1 to their latest port revisions
Upgrade lcms to version 1.19
Upgrade gsed to version 4.2.1
Upgrade dirmngr to version 1.1.0
Upgrade nas to version 1.9.2.
Upgrade gio-fam-backend to version 2.26.1
Update liblqr to match the latest port revision 1-0.4.1_2
Update the ghostscript8 package to match the latest port revision nox11-8.71_6
Rebuilt ImageMagick against all the new libs 6.6.6.10
Remove libtool from the base system
Upgrade png to version 1.4.5
Upgrade python to version 2.5.5
Upgrade pkg-config to version 0.25
Upgrade db41 to version 4.1.25
Upgrade gnupg to version 2.0.17
Update gsfonts revision to the latest port revision 8.11_5
Upgrade lzop to version 1.03
The latest port revision of cyrus-sasl 2.1.23_3
Base system upgrades:
lsof-4.85A,5
libiconv-1.13.1_1
gettext-0.18.1.1
bash-4.1.9
ruby+nopthreads-1.8.7.302,1
ruby18-bdb-0.6.5_1
portupgrade-2.4.8_1,2
pcre-8.12
glib-2.26.1_1
libslang2-2.2.3
most-5.0.0_1
nmap-5.50
lua-5.1.4_5
libidn-1.16
mutt-devel-lite-1.5.21
arcconf-v6.50.18579
cyrus-sasl-2.1.23_1
expat-2.0.1_1
net-snmp-5.5_4
portupgrade-devel-20101123_1,1
readline-6.1
vim-lite-7.3.81
wget-1.12_2

 

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