X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4f3a833e562bf292982bcc9f04d0bb360c3c1dfb;hb=ab3ada9aacd82356a6e5205f3ae26bbff55524db;hp=5b0981e82ef434d34e2dde38eccd437cc57c4f4d;hpb=9e64dc2d7ff42a3d5dee653671d9b26f08dbc4a5;p=nagiosplug.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5b0981e..4f3a833 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,104 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. -1.4.10 or 1.5 ?? - Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects +1.4.14 ... + check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152) + check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >) + Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server + check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488) + check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex + check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001) + Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P) + Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P) + Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap + Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections + Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp + Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts) + check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader) + Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159) + check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch) + Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265) + Re-bundled libtap as a built-in library (--enable-libtap): detects system library as pre-1.4.13 and does not install the built-in library anymore + Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068) + Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312) + check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208) + check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port + Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer) + Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto) + Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765) + Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects + Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default + negate timeout result is now configurable + Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823 - Oskar Ahner) + +1.4.13 25th Sept 2008 + Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen) + Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson) + Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27 + Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306) + check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found + check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output + check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716) + check_icmp now supports packet size modification + check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein) + libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap + check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented + Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets + +1.4.12 27th May 2008 + Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren) + New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address + check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs) + Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300) + check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it + Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746) + Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095) + Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp + check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag + Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function) + check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972) + check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array + Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems + If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically + check_dig can now pass arguments to dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453) + check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help + check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers) + check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query + check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket) + negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute) + Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann) + Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help) + Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh + On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN. + Fix linking against OpenSSL where libdl is required + +1.4.11 13th December 2007 + Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to + relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used + Merged two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time. + You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer + implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823). + check_ntp now returns UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000) + as long as the thresholds range include -1. If no offset threshold is specified + and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well. + NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter + is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output. + Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster + check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~") + Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746). + The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c + Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890) + Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623) + Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode + Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22 + VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root + +1.4.10 28th September 2007 + Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects (CVE-2007-5198) check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection after completion of the response - Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect) + Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect) is now deprecated. See --help for further information. - Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p) + Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p) A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails. New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too. Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison. @@ -25,10 +117,15 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands: - - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice + - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice - enforce a full path for the command to run The "negate" utility can now remap custom states Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng + The (undocumented) positional parameter parsing which check_radius used + instead of getopt(3) if 8 arguments were given is no longer available + Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output + IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6 + Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags 1.4.9 4th June 2006 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements @@ -95,7 +192,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking libtool now required for development systems - Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release. + Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp 1.4.2