8.3.7.86-8.3.7.56 Manager-Virtual IPS Release Notes McAfee Network Security Platform 8.3 Revision C Contents About this release New features Enhancements Resolved issues Installation instructions Known issues Product documentation About this release This document contains important information about the current release. We recommend that you read the whole document. Network Security Platform follows a release process that is based on customer requirements and best practices followed by other McAfee teams. For details, read KB78795. This release of Network Security Platform is to provide few features and enhancements on the Manager and Virtual IPS Sensor software for ESX alone. This release of Virtual IPS is not supported for VMware NSX, KVM, and AWS. Release parameters Version Network Security Manager software version 8.3.7.86 Signature Set 8.7.116.2 Virtual IPS Sensor software version (IPS-VM100 and IPS-VM600) This release of Virtual IPS Sensor software is for ESX alone. This release of Virtual IPS is not supported for VMware NSX, KVM, and AWS. 8.3.7.56 Virtual Security System software version (IPS-VM100-VSS) 8.3.7.14 1
Currently port 4167 is used as the UDP source port number for the SNMP command channel communication between Manager and Sensors. This is to prevent opening up all UDP ports for inbound connectivity from SNMP ports on the sensor. Older JRE versions allowed the Manager to bind to the same source port 4167 for both IPv4 and IPv6 communication. But with the latest JRE version 1.8.0_153, it is no longer possible to do so, and the Manager uses port 4166 as the UDP source port to bind for IPv6. Manager 8.3 uses JRE version 1.8.0_153 and MySQL version 5.6.30. If you have IPv6 Sensors behind a firewall, you need to update your firewall rules accordingly such that port 4166 is open for the SNMP command channel to function between those IPv6 Sensors and the Manager. Manager software version 8.3 is not supported on McAfee-built Dell based Manager Appliances. McAfee recommends that you use Intel-based Manager Appliances instead. Upgrade recommendations McAfee regularly releases updated versions of the signature set. You can choose to automatically download and deploy the signature set in the Manager. The following are the upgrade paths supported for this release: Manager: Current version Upgrade path to 8.3 8.1.3.4, 8.1.3.6, 8.1.7.5, 8.1.7.12, 8.1.7.13, 8.1.7.33, 8.1.7.52, 8.1.7.82 8.3.7.86 8.1.7.91, 8.1.7.96, 8.1.7.100 Not supported 8.3.7.7, 8.3.7.28, 8.3.7.44, 8.3.7.52, 8.3.7.64, 8.3.7.68 8.3.7.86 Virtual IPS: Current version Upgrade path to 8.3 8.0.7.9, 8.1.7.14, 8.1.7.32, 8.1.7.34, 8.1.7.44 8.3.7.56 8.3.7.3, 8.3.7.6, 8.3.7.14, 8.3.7.47, 8.3.7.55 8.3.7.56 Network Security Manager versions 8.1.7.91. 8.1.7.96, and 8.1.7.100 use the SHA1 certificate which employs a 1024-bit encryption based signature. However, Manager version for 8.3 uses the SHA256 certificate which employs a 2048-bit encryption based signature. Hence, upgrade is not supported. Heterogeneous support This version of 8.3 Manager software can be used to configure and manage the following hardware: Hardware NS9x00-series Sensors (NS3100, NS3200, NS5100, NS5200, NS7100, NS7200, NS7300, NS9100, NS9200, NS9300) Version 8.1, 8.3 NS3x00-series and NS5x00-series Sensors are not compatible with Manager version 8.3.7.28. See Known Issues for more information. Virtual IPS Sensors (IPS-VM100 and IPS-VM600) 8.1, 8.3 Virtual Security System Sensors (IPS-VM100-VSS) 8.1, 8.3 M series Sensors (M-1250, M-1450, M-2750, M-2850, M-2950, M-3050, M-4050, M-6050, M-8000) 8.1, 8.3 Mxx30-series Sensors (M-3030, M-4030, M-6030, M-8030) 8.1, 8.3 M-8000XC Cluster Appliance 8.1, 8.3 2
Hardware Version NTBA Appliances (T-200, T-500, T-600, T-1200) 8.1, 8.3 Virtual NTBA Appliances (T-VM, T-100VM, T-200VM) 8.1, 8.3 Integration support The above mentioned Network Security Platform software versions support integration with the following product versions: Table 1-1 Network Security Platform compatibility matrix Product McAfee epo 5.9.1 McAfee Global Threat Intelligence McAfee Endpoint Intelligence Agent 2.6 McAfee Logon Collector 3.0.7 McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange 2.0.0 McAfee Data Exchange Layer 3.0.0 McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 4.2.0.4 McAfee Virtual Advanced Threat Defense 4.2.0.20 McAfee Cloud Threat Detection 2.2 McAfee MOVE AntiVirus Agentless 4.0.0.317 McAfee MOVE AntiVirus Multi-Platform 4.5.0.211 McAfee Vulnerability Manager 7.5 McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0 Intel Security Controller 2.5 Version supported Compatible with all versions New features This release of Network Security Platform includes the following new features: Migration from Oracle JRE to Azul Zulu JRE Starting with this release, the Manager uses Azul Zulu JRE instead of the Oracle JRE. Enhancements This release provides fixes for some of the previously known issues, and does not include any enhancements. 3
Resolved issues The current release of the product resolves these issues. For a list of issues fixed in earlier releases, see the Release Notes for the specific release. Resolved Manager software issues The following table lists the medium-severity Manager software issues: 1224460/ 1198908 Unable to login to the Manager using the RADIUS user credentials with the EAP-MD5 authentication method. 1217393/ 1211212 The Manager sends a zero sized file hash to the Sensor which causes the Sensor to reboot. 1216184 When user defined signatures (UDS) are created, the Benign Trigger Probability (BTP) displays incorrect value under Policy <Admin Domain Name> Intrusion Prevention Policy Types IPS Policies Custom Attacks. 1215445 Descriptions are missing for signature sets downloaded automatically. 1214486 After importing or saving a custom attack, the conditions set in the signature changes. 1213914 The REST API request using the parameter 'page=next' does not work. 1207705 While deleting large number of alerts from Attack Log, some alerts are not deleted. 1207311 Unrelated lines of text are displayed in the ems.log. 1205856 After a health check, the policies in use are reported as "not in use". 1204420 The SNORT rule configured to ignore "X-Forwarded-for Header" is not working. This Manager fix will work only with signature set 8.7.116.2 or later. 1203747 The Benign Trigger Probability (BTP) value in user defined signatures (UDS) does not map to correct malware confidence (severity) level. 1184808 Snort signatures are not triggered on HTTP response data. 1170812 Unable to view alert statistics in the Manager. The following table lists the low-severity Manager software issues: 1210987 Limitation error message appears in the "Text to Match" field while creating a Regex. Resolved Sensor software issues The following table lists the high-severity Sensor software issues: 1217998 The management process experiences an exception due to resource exhaustion. The following table lists the medium-severity Sensor software issues: 1217082 The connections are dropped incorrectly as the Layer 7 DoS response action is ignored. 1205277 GTI based reputation is not working in Connection Limiting Policies. 1200028 The Sensor experiences an exception in the datapath processor when the policy contains flowbits in Snort rules. 4
1196178 The Sensor is not sending files to Advanced Threat Defense because of certain internal resource exhaustion. 1195319 Packet log is not available in the Manager for the attack "TFTP: TFTP Server Error Packet Handling Buffer Overflow". 1189265 The Sensor is unable to reach the DNS server immediately after reboot. 1184715 The attack results direction is incorrectly displayed as outbound instead of inbound in the SPAN mode for reconnaissance attacks. 1149374 The Sensor health goes to a bad state due to an error from the datapath processor after a configuration update. 1111432 TOR traffic through a proxy server is not detected. The following table lists the low-severity Sensor software issues: 1177466 The Sensor is ignoring flowbits and does not generate alerts. Installation instructions Manager server/client system requirements The following table lists the 8.3 Manager server requirements: Operating system Minimum required Any of the following: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition, English operating system, SP1 (64-bit) (Full Installation) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition, Japanese operating system, SP1 (64-bit) (Full Installation) Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (Server with a GUI) English operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (Server with a GUI) Japanese operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition (Server with a GUI) English operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition (Server with a GUI) Japanese operating system Only X64 architecture is supported. Recommended Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition operating system. Memory 8 GB Supports up to 3 million alerts in Solr. >16 GB Supports up to 10 million alerts in Solr. CPU Server model processor such as Intel Xeon Same Disk space 100 GB 300 GB or more 5
Minimum required Recommended Network 100 Mbps card 1000 Mbps card Monitor 32-bit color, 1440 x 900 display setting 1440 x 900 (or above) The following are the system requirements for hosting Central Manager/Manager server on a VMware platform. Table 5-1 Virtual machine requirements Component Minimum Recommended Operating system Any of the following: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition, English operating system, SP1 (64-bit) (Full Installation) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition, Japanese operating system, SP1 (64-bit) (Full Installation) Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (Server with a GUI) English operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (Server with a GUI) Japanese operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition (Server with a GUI) English operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (Server with a GUI) Japanese operating system Only X64 architecture is supported. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition operating system. Memory 8 GB >16 GB Supports up to 3 million alerts in Solr. Supports up to 10 million alerts in Solr. Virtual CPUs 2 2 or more Disk Space 100 GB 300 GB or more Table 5-2 VMware ESX server requirements Component Minimum Virtualization software ESXi 5.5 Update 3 ESXi 6.0 Update 1 CPU Intel Xeon CPU ES 5335 @ 2.00 GHz; Physical Processors 2; Logical Processors 8; Processor Speed 2.00 GHz Memory Internal Disks Physical Memory: 16 GB 1 TB 6
The following table lists the 8.3 Manager client requirements when using Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 2012: Operating system Minimum Windows 7, English or Japanese Windows 8, English or Japanese Windows 8.1, English or Japanese Windows 10, English or Japanese The display language of the Manager client must be the same as that of the Manager server operating system. Recommended Windows 10, English or Japanese RAM 2 GB 4 GB CPU 1.5 GHz processor 1.5 GHz or faster Browser Internet Explorer 10, 11, or Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome (App mode in Windows 8 is not supported.) To avoid the certificate mismatch error and security warning, add add the Manager web certificate to the trusted certificate list. Internet Explorer 11 Mozilla Firefox 20.0 or later Google Chrome 24.0 or later In Mozilla Firefox version 52 or Google Chrome version 42 and above, the NPAPI plug-in is disabled by default. For the Manager client, in addition to Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, you can also use the operating systems mentioned for the Manager server. The following are Central Manager and Manager client requirements when using Mac: Mac operating system Yosemite El Capitan Browser Safari 8 or 9 For more information, see McAfee Network Security Platform Installation Guide. Known issues For a list of known issues in this product release, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: Network Security Platform software issues: KB86387 Intel Security Controller software issues: KB87919 7
Product documentation Every McAfee product has a comprehensive set of documentation. Find product documentation 1 Go to the McAfee ServicePortal at http://mysupport.mcafee.com and click Knowledge Center. 2 Enter a product name, select a version, then click Search to display a list of documents. 8.3 product documentation list The following software guides are available for Network Security Platform 8.3 release: Quick Tour Custom Attacks Definition Guide Installation Guide (includes Upgrade Guide) XC Cluster Administration Guide Manager Administration Guide Integration Guide Manager API Reference Guide NTBA Administration Guide CLI Guide Best Practices Guide IPS Administration Guide Troubleshooting Guide Virtual IPS Administration Guide Copyright 2018 McAfee, LLC McAfee and the McAfee logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of McAfee, LLC or its subsidiaries in the US and other countries. Other marks and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 00