[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix 9.5 Patch 18 is now available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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<http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/>.
References

  *   See the full technical changelist<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-95.txt>.
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<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_tivoli_endpoint_manager_server.html>). 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<https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-gb#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/BigFix%209.5.5%20Release%20Notes> for more information.
Useful links
BigFix downloads and release<http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.5/patch18/> information
Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center

  *   BigFix Server on Linux<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html>
  *   BigFix Server on Windows<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1451 (or later).
Discuss this on the forum<https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-9-5-patch-18-is-now-available/37939>.
-- BigFix Platform Engineering Team


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