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Release Notes Patch (Version 3.14)
Tanium Patch 3.14.211
Release Date: 20 June 2023
Resolved Issues
- Fixed an issue that caused the Patch CAB file to fail to update in airgapped environments.
- Fixed an issue that caused deployments having Make available before Start Time enabled to not show up in End-User Self Service for certain localizations.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Patch to fail installation when the Patch action group existed before installation.
Tools Versions
- Patch: 3.14.211
- Tanium EUSS: 1.14.5
- TaniumFileInfo: 3.21.4
- TaniumExecWrapper: 3.21.4
- TaniumUpdateSearcher: 7.4.4.1059
- 7za: 22.01
- active-user-sessions: 1.0
- python38: 3.1.43
- swmgrcx: 2.7.131
Known Issues
- Tanium Scan For Windows still has some known synchronization issues with certain WSUS environments.
- You cannot upgrade directly to this version of Tanium Patch from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier. If you are upgrading from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier, upgrade to Tanium Patch 3.13 as an intermediate step. Contact Tanium Support or your TAM for details.
- When Tanium Patch instructs DNF to install a particular security advisory, DNF instead upgrades the latest applicable package. This issue affects patch lists and deployments when rules or manual patches are defined. Bug #2236266 has been filed with RedHat.
Tanium Patch 3.14.207
Release Date: 30 May 2023
Resolved Issues
- Improved patch scan processing to prevent out-of-memory errors on Windows operating systems. Patch now proactively determines conditions under which to process scans in batches.
- Fixed an issue that caused deployments to fail to install patches when block lists are in use on Debian-based endpoints.
- Fixed an issue that caused dashboards to show an error state when loading.
- Improved dashboard query to allow querying for data to all computer groups to which a user has access.
- Fixed an issue that could cause scans on SLES endpoints to fail due to scans not including the correct license files.
- Fixed an issue that caused patches with license agreements to fail to install on SLES endpoints.
Tools Versions
- Patch: 3.14.207
- Tanium EUSS: 1.12.4
- TaniumFileInfo: 3.21.4
- TaniumExecWrapper: 3.21.4
- TaniumUpdateSearcher: 7.4.4.1059
- 7za: 22.01
- active-user-sessions: 1.0
- python38: 3.1.43
- swmgrcx: 2.7.131
Known Issues
- Tanium Scan For Windows still has some known synchronization issues with certain WSUS environments.
- You cannot upgrade directly to Tanium Patch 3.14 from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier. If you are upgrading from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier, upgrade to Tanium Patch 3.13 as an intermediate step. Contact Tanium Support or your TAM for details.
- When Tanium Patch instructs DNF to install a particular security advisory, DNF instead upgrades the latest applicable package. This issue affects patch lists and deployments when rules or manual patches are defined. Bug #2236266 has been filed with RedHat.
Tanium Patch 3.14.200
Release Date: 9 May 2023
Improvements
- Upgraded various third-party libraries to newer versions.
Resolved Issues
- Fixed an issue that caused the Patch content to launch a Python process every minute to gather status from Tanium End-User Self Service.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Tanium Scan for Windows update service to fail to start when swmgr-cx was disabled.
- Fixed an issue that caused Linux patches with architecture of aarch64 to fail to deploy.
- Fixed an issue that caused user-created dashboards to be deleted.
- Reduced Patch service log noise in environments that do not have Mac Device Enrollment installed or configured.
Tools Versions
- Patch: 3.14.200
- Tanium EUSS: 1.12.4
- TaniumFileInfo: 3.21.4
- TaniumExecWrapper: 3.21.4
- TaniumUpdateSearcher: 7.4.4.1059
- 7za: 22.01
- active-user-sessions: 1.0
- python38: 3.1.43
- swmgrcx: 2.7.131
Known Issues
- Tanium Scan For Windows still has some known synchronization issues with certain WSUS environments.
- You cannot upgrade directly to Tanium Patch 3.14 from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier. If you are upgrading from Tanium Patch 3.7 or earlier, upgrade to Tanium Patch 3.13 as an intermediate step. Contact Tanium Support or your TAM for details.
- When Tanium Patch instructs DNF to install a particular security advisory, DNF instead upgrades the latest applicable package. This affects Patch Lists and Deployments when rules or manual patches are defined. A bug has been filed with RedHat #2236266.
Tanium Patch 3.14.195
Release Date: 18 April 2023
Improvements
- Added support for targeting preview of Mac patch enforcements.
- Windows Patch logs are now included in Software Management Must Gather bundles.
- Improved performance for several Patch API routes.
Resolved Issues
- Fixed an issue that caused missing advisory and CVE information on some updates from Yum-based Linux distributions.
- Fixed an issue that caused Tanium Scan for Windows (TSW) to fail to sync with clustered WSUS servers.
- Fixed an issue that caused TSW to determine the incorrect content download port.
- Fixed an issue that caused deployments with Download immediately enabled to fail to evaluate for new updates.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the End-User Notifications preview button from displaying on the deployment details page.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the enforcement button from displaying for updates in Mac Patching.
- Fixed an issue in Mac Patching that caused the start time displayed on the enforcement details page to be formatted incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Patch Overview Endpoint Compliance for Critical & Important Patches chart to show incorrect data.
- Fixed an issue that caused the End-User Notifications tool to be targeted to Linux endpoints.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Patch process to crash on Linux endpoints.
- Fixed an issue that caused the scan management view to crash.
- Fixed an issue that caused deployments utilizing repository snapshots to report an incorrect deployment status.
- Oracle UEK patches now correctly trigger reboot for Linux deployments.
Security Update
- This release includes security updates. Details of the issue, including affected versions, and mitigation information, can be obtained within Tanium's Support Portal, or by contacting your TAM.
Tools Versions
- Patch 3.14.195
- Tanium EUSS: 1.12.2
- TaniumFileInfo: 3.21.4
- TaniumExecWrapper: 3.21.4
- TaniumUpdateSearcher: 7.4.4.1059
- 7za.exe: 22.01
- active-user-sessions: 1.0
- python27: 2.1.44
- python38: 3.1.43
- swmgrcx: 2.6.8
Known Issues
- Tanium Scan For Windows still has some known synchronization issues with certain WSUS environments.
- You cannot upgrade directly to Tanium Patch 3.14 from Tanium Patch 3.7 or below. If you are upgrading from Tanium Patch Version 3.7 or below, upgrade to Tanium Patch 3.13 as an intermediary step. Please contact Tanium Support or your TAM for details.
- When Tanium Patch instructs DNF to install a particular security advisory, DNF instead upgrades the latest applicable package. This affects Patch Lists and Deployments when rules or manual patches are defined. A bug has been filed with RedHat #2236266.