Release Notes Tanium Server and Tanium Client (Version 7.2.314.3211)

Thank you for choosing Tanium. The following Release Notes document changes between releases of the Tanium Server and Tanium Client.
This platform release includes a full release of the Linux Tanium Server and Tanium Clients, with the exception of MacOS, RHEL 5, OEL 5.

• The matching Windows Tanium Server can be found here: Release Notes (Version 7.2.314.3235)
  
• The matching Tanium Clients for MacOS, RHEL5 and OEL 5 can be found here: Release Notes (Version 7.2.314.3236)
  

The previous Tanium Server version can be found here: Release Notes (Version 7.2.314.3181)
The previous Tanium Client version can be found here: Release Notes (Version 7.2.314.2962)

Tanium Server (Linux) and Tanium Client v7.2.314.3211

General Availability Release Date: June 12, 2018

Major Features

• New Client Support for the following Linux distributions

 Amazon1 2017.09
 Amazon2 LTS 2017.12
 Debian 8 x64/x86
 Debian 9 x64/x86
 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Improvements

• Added certificate based authentication to TDownloader to allow downloads of protected package files
• Allow saved questions to be deleted by users with appropriate access, and not only the original owner
• Improved performance of question results snapshot management

Security Update

• This release includes security updates. Details of the issues, including affected versions and mitigation information, can be obtained within Tanium's Support Portal or by contacting your TAM.

Server Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where LDAP sync would inadvertently delete and recreate user groups
• Resolved an issue where TDownloader would fail to create a zip file over SMB
• Resolved a server crash on Linux platform when performing network reset
• Resolved an issue when assigning a user access to more than 50 computer groups
• Hidden sensors are no longer included in parser results
• Resolved an issue where some auth log messages would go to the general log instead of the authentication log
• Resolved issue of missing dependencies with Zone Server installation on Linux
• Resolved issue with snapshots on Linux having incorrect expiration times

Client Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where the client would not ignore python related system environment variables
• Resolved an issue where the Windows Tanium Client Installer would not respect /D if installer launched as non-admin
• The Tanium Client IP Address sensor is now a client implemented sensor
• Resolved issue internal python sensor execution
• Resolved issue with Client API downloads when whitelisted URL expiration was set a large value
• Resolved an issue with manual groups synchronization
• Resolved an issue with child process communication and sensors which write directly to stdout
• Resolved an issue with the Tanium Client Windows installer and python runtime
• Resolved an issue with python execution engine crash
• Resolved an issue where the Windows Tanium Client installer would allow execution on Windows XP / 2003, even though those platforms are not supported with the 7.2 client
• Resolved an issue with upgrading the Linux Tanium Client
• Resolved an issue with the client syncing the delete of sensors
• Resolved an issue with the 7.2 client not using nisdomain name, if set, to replicate 6.0 client behavior

Known Issues and Workarounds

• A new installation of v7.2.314.3211 or an update from a pre-v7.2 version could impact TLS communications with v7.2.314.2962 clients.
  

Workaround: Upgrade all 7.2 clients to 7.2.314.3211 or contact your TAM for instructions to allow TLS communications between 7.2.314.2962 clients and a 7.2.314.3211 server.

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