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Release Notes Patch (Version 3.8)

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Tanium Patch 3.8.196.0000

Release Date: 26 July 2022

New Features

  • Added support for Debian 8.0 or later.
  • Added support for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04. Patch previously released support for versions 18.04 or later.
  • Added support for Tanium Scan for Linux on Debian and Ubuntu endpoints.

Improvements

  • Added support for automatic installation of Patch dependencies. For information, see Tanium Patch User Guide: Solution dependencies.
  • Added support for End-User Notification previews based on the installed version of End-User Notifications.
  • Added support for scanning CentOS 7 vault repositories because of CentOS 7 reaching end of life.

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed an issue that caused Patch List Applicability data to be incomplete in environments with many Patch List Applicability results.
  • Fixed an issue with invalid scan results files causing the Patch process to crash.
  • Fixed an issue with restart notification not showing correctly on endpoints using Japanese-language versions of Windows.
  • Fixed an issue with RHEL 8 and CentOS 8 sometimes failing to download repository data.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Ubuntu endpoints to fail to restart after installing patches requiring restart.
  • Fixed an issue with config file conflicts not being handled correctly on Debian and Ubuntu endpoints.
  • Fixed an issue with the end of Daylight Saving Time causing endpoints to incorrectly report that a reboot is required after applying patches and rebooting.
  • Fixed an issue with successful Patch scans not clearing existing scan errors.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Patch process on certain Windows endpoints to quit due to a Microsoft VBScript runtime error.
  • Fixed an issue with large numbers of active and inactive deployments causing the Deployments page to become slow.
  • Fixed an issue with deployments that have not reached their start time reporting incorrect applicability data.
  • Fixed an issue with CentOS 7 endpoints failing to provide CVE data if DNF is installed.

Known Issues

  • Because of MDM requirements for patching that were introduced in macOS Monterey 12.1, Tanium Patch does not support macOS Monterey 12.1 or later.
  • Tanium Scan For Windows still has some known synchronization issues with certain WSUS environments.
  • Deploying operating system patches that require reboot is currently unsupported on Apple Silicon (M1 chip) macOS devices.
  • Due to changes in Endpoint Configuration metadata, customers with approvals enabled will need to re-approve all Patch endpoint configurations.

Prerequisites

  • Red Hat, CentOS, and Oracle Linux endpoints require a minimum YUM version of yum-3.2.29-22.el6 to engage in Tanium Patch.
  • Windows endpoints require a minimum operating system version of Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
  • macOS endpoints require a minimum operating system version of 10.14.
  • Ubuntu endpoints require a minimum operating system version of 14.04.
  • Debian endpoints require a minimum operating system version of 8.0.

Supported Tanium Platforms

  • Tanium Server 7.3.314.4250+; 7.4+; 7.5.2.3531 for automatic installation of dependencies
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