Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Service Pack 4 Release Notes

June 2021

Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Service Pack 4 (4.5.4) includes enhancements, improves usability, and resolves several previous issues.

Many of these improvements are made in direct response to suggestions from our customers. We thank you for your time and valuable input. We hope you continue to help us ensure our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback in the Access Manager forum on our community website that also includes product notifications, blogs, and product user groups.

For information about the previous release, see Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Service Pack 3 Release Notes.

For more information about this release and for the latest release notes, see the Documentation page. To download this product, see the Product page.

If you have suggestions for documentation improvements, click comment on this topic at the bottom of the specific page in the HTML version of the documentation posted at the Documentation page.

For information about Access Manager support lifecycle, see the Product Support Lifecycle page.

1.0 What’s New?

This release adds the following enhancements:

1.1 Updates for Dependent Components

This release adds support for the following software:

  • Tomcat 8.5.66

  • Open SSL 1.0.2y

  • Angular 1.8.2

  • Bootstrap 4.5.3

  • jQuery 3.6.0

1.2 Software Fixes

This release includes the following software fixes:

Component

Bug ID

Issue

Security

331007

Information disclosure issue.

Security

331008

Malformed XML is causing service disruption issue.

Security

331013

Cross-site scripting attack vulnerability.

Identity Provider

331011

The issue with restriction on direct access to files in nidp folder. For more information, see Restricting the Direct Access to Files in the nidp Folder.

Access Gateway

331009

By default, a constant passcode is used to communicate between HTTPD and tomcat. For higher security, you can change this passcode. For more information, see AJP Communication Setting for Access Gateway.

SAML2.0

324196

When using external Identity Server combined with step-up authentication, authentication to SAML service provider does not work.

SAML2.0

257109

Despite selecting a specific step-up authentication method for SAML, a default contract is selected as step-up on Access Manager Administration console.

Active Directory

327159

Access Manager does not allow logging in with expired password for active directory users. For more information, see Configuring Identity Servers Clusters.

OAuth

316329

This issue occurs with users using external SAML identity provider for user authentication while accessing OAuth or OpenID application. After enabling step-up authentication method, users are not redirected back to the OAuth application after authentication, as expected.

2.0 Installing or Upgrading

After purchasing Access Manager Appliance 4.5.4, you can access the product in the Customer Center. The activation code is in the Customer Center where you download the software. For more information, see Customer Center Frequently Asked Questions.

NOTE:This release does not support Access Manager Appliance fresh installation. You can only upgrade to the Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Service Pack 4 release from an earlier version. For more information, see Supported Upgrade Paths.

To access a full version of Access Manager:

  1. Log in to the Software License and Download portal.

  2. Click Software.

  3. On the Entitled Software tab, click the appropriate version of Access Manager Appliance for your environment to download the product.

If you are upgrading Access Manager Appliance from 4.5. Service Pack 3 Patch 2 to Access Manager Appliance from 4.5.4, run the upgrade script. For more information see, Upgrading Access Manager Appliance.

If you are upgrading from versions earlier than Access Manager Appliance from 4.5. Service Pack 3 Patch 2, first upgrade the base operating system of Access Manager Appliance from SLES 11 SP4 to SLES 12 SP5. This upgrade involves the following actions:

  1. Upgrading the base operating system.

  2. Running the product upgrade script.

For more information about the upgrade process, see Upgrading the Base Operating System in the NetIQ Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Installation and Upgrade Guide.

The following files are available:

Table 1 Files Available for Access Manager Appliance 4.5.4

Filename

Description

AM_454_AccessManagerAppliance.tar.gz

Contains Access Manager Appliance .tar file.

3.0 Verifying Version Number after Upgrading to 4.5.4

After upgrading to Access Manager Appliance 4.5.4, verify that the version number of the component is indicated as 4.5.4.0-25. To verify the version number, perform the following steps:

  1. In Administration Console Dashboard, click Troubleshooting > Version.

  2. Verify that the Version field lists 4.5.4.0-25.

4.0 Supported Upgrade Paths

To upgrade to Access Manager Appliance 4.5.4, you need to be on one of the following versions of Access Manager:

  • 4.5 Service Pack 3 Patch Update 3

  • 4.5 Service Pack 3 Patch Update 2

  • 4.5 Service Pack 3 Hotfix 1

  • 4.5 Service Pack 3

  • 4.5 Service Pack 2 Hotfix 2

  • 4.5 Service Pack 2 Hotfix 1

  • 4.5 Service Pack 2

5.0 Known Issues

NetIQ Corporation strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. There are no new issues other than the issues mentioned in Access Manager Appliance 4.5 Service Pack 3 Release Notes. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.

6.0 Contact Information

Our goal is to provide documentation that meets your needs. If you have suggestions for improvements, please email Documentation-Feedback@netiq.com. We value your input and look forward to hearing from you.

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