BeyondInsight for Unix and Linux 22.3 Release Notes
December 8, 2022
New Features and Enhancements:
License Management
- Added License Management section.
- Added links to License Management section (home page, nav menu).
- Added PMUL License Server selector page.
- Added PMUL License Server General Details page.
- Added client counts to PMUL License Server General Details page.
- Added license upload to PMUL License Server General Details page.
- Added License Clients API.
- Added PMUL License Server Client Usage page.
- Added Clients grid to PMUL License Server Client Usage page.
- Added Client Details side-card to Clients grid.
- Added filters to Clients grid (IP address, hostname, license component, is retired).
- Added JSON download to PMUL License Server Clients grid.
- Added CSV download to PMUL License Server Clients grid.
- Removed Host Details > PMUL Licensing tab.
- Added PDF download to PMUL License Server Clients grid.
- Added PDF export of PMUL License Server General Details page.
Notifications
- Added Notifications screen.
- Added Notification grid to Notifications screen.
- Added Notifications link to nav menu.
- Added filters to Notifications screen (read/unread, notification type).
- Added the creation of stale hosts notifications.
- API to return notifications.
- Added configurability of parameters for generating stale hosts notifications.
- Added notification details side-card to Notifications grid.
- Added actions to Notification details side-card for profiling hosts affected by stale hosts notifications.
- Added button to Notification details side-card to mark a notification as read/unread.
- Added Notifications panel to top-right of app.
- Added unread notifications to Notifications panel.
- Added button to go to Notifications screen from Notifications panel.
Product Activation
- Added product activation API.
- Upon activation, a send request to BeyondTrust touchlog is made.
- Added Product Activation section to About > Legal page for system administrator users only.
Kibana Dashboard
- Added API endpoint for deploying dashboard to Kibana.
- Added Deploy Dashboard button to SIEM Connections editor for Elasticsearch SIEMs with a CloudID.
- A link is shown to Kibana dashboard in Elastic Details section if deployed.
Scrypt Support
- Updated authorization policy to support the concept of expired passwords.
- Marked limited set of endpoints as accessible with an expired password.
- Allowed configurability of scrypt hashing parameters.
- Redirect users to change password screen upon login with an expired password.
- Changed use of bcrypt to scrypt algorithm for password hashing.
- All local user passwords (bcrypt-hashed) are expired on upgrade to BIUL 22.3.
Handle Loss of Connectivity to Elasticsearch
- Added a local buffer database to serve as a write queue for Elasticsearch events.
- Modified existing logic to send events to write queue rather than directly to Elasticsearch.
- Added daemon to service write queue, sending events to Elasticsearch.
Issues Resolved:
Style and Appearance
- Resolved styling bug in all grid menus.
- Resolved styling bug in Console Access > Groups > Add Group.
- Resolved styling bug in Privilege Management for Networks config form.
- Resolved styling bug in Privilege Management for Networks rules page.
- Reduced overly large click target area for switch controls throughout the app.
- Reduced overly large click target area for View RBP Entitlement Report link.
- Improved error messages for certificate validation.
- Resolved error message when AD Bridge installer cannot be found.
- Ensured consistent labels for enabled/disabled switch across RBP entities.
- Added missing label on RBP > Reauthentication page.
- Added missing title on FIM > Target Definition Editor page.
- Added help text on RBP Hostname field.
Miscellaneous
- Added option to provide sudo alias when installing Sudo Manager.
- Resolved issue that occured when attempting to create Sudo policy that contained a space in the name.
- Improved handling of promotion of secondary registry server in RNS.
- Updated profile to include information about Sudo Manager use of RNS.
- Updated sudo alias detection and uninstallation to account for Sudo use of RNS.
- Updated profile to record error if conflict in FIM assignments is detected.
- Updated profile to record error if conflict in Sudo assignments is detected.
- Resolved issue with packaging Windows installers.
- Resolved issue with upload of Sudo Manager to Settings > Software page.
- Resolved issue getting connection to PMUL REST service.
- Resolved issue with handling of secrets when starting in restricted mode.
- Resolved issue in version API endpoint.
- Resolved issue in which user was unable to edit own roles.
- Resolved issue with missing toast when profiling host.
- Resolved issue with hostname validation during profile.
- Resolved intermittent console error when adding/removing user roles.
- Restored broken link to RBP > Hosts page.
Notes:
- Upgraded to Angular 13 for bug fixes, security upgrades, functional and performance improvements.