[BESAdmin-Announcements] Release Notes for Plugin and Cacher Release - Jan-2025

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The following BigFix Patch Download Plugin’s and Cacher’s have been updated
to address security vulnerabilities found during internal security testing.

Updated Tools Version:

AIX Download Plugin

5.0.1.0

AIX Download Cacher

8.0.0.3

AIX R2 Download Plugin

1.0.1.3

RHSM Download Plugin

1.0.10.0

RHSM Download Cacher

1.0.10.0

OEL Download Plugin

1.0.1.0

OEL Download Cacher

1.0.1.0

Rocky Download Plugin

1.0.1.0

Rocky Download Cacher

1.0.1.0

Solaris Download Plugin

3.0.1.0

Solaris Download Cacher

7.0.0.2

SCC Download Plugin

1.1.6.0

SCC Download Cacher

1.1.6.0

CentOS R2 Download Plugin

1.0.1.0

CentOS R2 Download Cacher

1.0.1.0

OpenSuSE Download Plugin

1.0.1.0

OpenSuSE Download Cacher

1.0.1.0

Reasons for update:
The new version of the plugins resolves security vulnerabilities.

Actions to take:

   -

   Gathering of the Patching Support site version 1177 or later will have
   the new content available.
   -

   From the “Manage Download Plug-ins” dashboard select each Plug-in with
   the following state of “New Version Available” and click on the “Upgrade”
   button. Then you must use the “Configure” button to reapply any required
   proxy and/or 3rd party vendor credentials. If you do not require a proxy
   configuration, simply leave the requested entries blank with no values and
   proceed with the configuration process.

Note: Security Bulletins with the details of the resolved vulnerabilities
are published here:
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0118565

Published site version:
Patching Support, version 1177

Application Engineering Team
BigFix
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