NetIQ Change Guardian

Version 4.2

Release Notes

Date Published: December 2015

 

 

 

What's New?

System Requirements

Known Issues

Contact Information

Legal Notice

 

 

NetIQ Change Guardian 4.2 improves usability and resolves several previous issues. Many of these improvements were 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 that our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback in the Change Guardian forum in the NetIQ Communities, our online community that also includes product information, blogs, and links to helpful resources.

The documentation for this product is available on the NetIQ website in HTML and PDF formats on a page that does not require you to log in. If you have suggestions for documentation improvements, click comment on this topic at the bottom of any page in the HTML version of the documentation posted at the Change Guardian Documentation page. To download this product, see the NetIQ Downloads website. To download patches for this product, see the Patch Finder website.

What's New?

The following outline the key features and functions provided by this version, as well as issues resolved in this release:

·   Enhancements

·   Software Fixes

Enhancements

New Agent Deployment Functionality

Change Guardian 4.2 includes a new Agent Manager in the Web console. The Agent Manager provides one convenient location that allows you to install and update one or more Windows agents on remote computers.

Alert Notifications and Triage

Change Guardian 4.2 allows you to create, assign, receive, and investigate alert notifications about any potential threats. Alerts notify you of what is most important. For example, you can configure the system to generate an alert when the same user violates the same policy a specified number of times on the same asset within a specified time frame. Change Guardian automatically associates the relevant events and identities with the alert to help you determine the root cause of a potential threat.

You can also use the Alert dashboard, which provides an easy-to-configure, customizable interface that helps you to view and investigate alerts in detail. For example, you can find out the average time taken by owners to close alerts, policy violations generating the maximum number of alerts, and average number of consolidated alerts.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Change Guardian, you must manually enable alert notifications by installing the ChangeGuardianServerLicense42.html license key. To install the license key, go to the NetIQ Customer Center, then click Software > Change Guardian > Keys.

Security Improvements

This release includes updates to OpenSSL and Java to address security flaws. Also, agents now use stronger authentication. As a result of these security improvements, you will only be able to install new 4.2 agents after you upgrade your server. You will not be able to install pre-4.2 agents.

To preserve backward compatibility with older agents in upgraded systems, the security enhancements associated with the Bar Mitzvah vulnerability are not enabled by default in the Change Guardian 4.2 release. If all of the agents in your environment are version 4.2 (or newer), you can improve security by manually disabling RC4 ciphers. This will be done by default in future Change Guardian releases. For more information, see Bar Mitzvah Vulnerability.

Since future releases of Change Guardian will include additional security improvements that will break backward compatibility with older Windows agents, we strongly recommend that you put a plan in place to ensure all Windows agents in your environment are at least version 4.2.

Terminology Changes for Resource Expansion

Change Guardian 4.2 changes the terminology related to resource expansion. These changes improve the usability of the feature and the interface. The terminology changes are as follows:

·   Resource expansion is now LDAP settings

·   The Resource Expansion window is now the LDAP Settings window

New Policy Type for Monitoring Local Groups and Users for Windows

Manually monitoring for changes made by users that either escalate privileges or perform malicious activity on a local computer can be time-consuming, and much of the information might not be visible to users. Change Guardian 4.2 provides a new policy to monitor these types of changes, providing an easier and more comprehensive way to monitor changes to local groups and users.

New Policy Type for DNS Monitoring

Active Directory relies heavily on DNS, so a misconfigured or poorly performing DNS implementation can cause issues. Change Guardian 4.2 provides a new policy to monitor changes in DNS settings, providing administrators with the information they need to diagnose DNS issues that occur during an Active Directory implementation.

New License Usage Report

Change Guardian 4.2 provides a new License Usage report that provides details on the number of active users in your environment.

New Monitoring Capability for Active Directory

Change Guardian 4.2 provides new event types for policies related to Active Directory user accounts. The new event types allow you to monitor logon and logoff events in Active Directory.

Enhanced Integration with Active Directory

Change Guardian 4.2 integrates seamlessly with Active Directory. When you create a new user account in Active Directory, the Change Guardian server automatically receives the user information.

New Script to Restart All Change Guardian Services

Change Guardian 4.2 provides a new script that allows you to start, stop, and restart all services. You can also use it to retrieve the status of the services. The script uses the following syntax:

/opt/netiq/cg/scripts/cg_services.sh {start|stop|restart|status}

For example, to restart all services, open a command prompt and type the following command:

/opt/netiq/cg/scripts/cg_services.sh restart

Increased System Requirements Due to New Services

In Change Guardian 4.2, there are several new services to support the alert and agent management functionality. Due to the increased workload, the system requirements have increased. Depending on your current hardware specifications, a hardware upgrade may be recommended. For more information, see Planning for Change Guardian Server Installation in the User Guide for Change Guardian.

New Install Packages for Windows Agents and Policy Editor

To simplify downloads from the Change Guardian download site, the Change Guardian Server installion package now includes the installation packages for the Windows agent and Policy Editor. After you install the Change Guardian Server, you can access the installation packages for the Windows agent and Policy Editor directly from the Change Guardian Server.

For more information, see the following sections in the User Guide for Change Guardian:

·   Installing the Policy Editor

·   Installing the Windows Agent

You can install and uninstall the Windows agent and Policy Editor independently, with the exception described in Policy Editor Computer Requirements.

Software Fixes

Change Guardian 4.2 includes software fixes that resolve several previous issues.

LDAP Settings Fail to Authenticate in Active Directory with SSL

LDAP settings now authenticate correctly in an Active Directory environment with SSL. (Bug 942436)

Backup and Restore Function Does Not Work

The backup and restore script has been updated and now works properly with all pre-4.2 features. For more information, see Backup and Restore Utility Does Not Support New Features in 4.2. (Bug 941990)

Some Options in the Change Guardian Web Console Do Not Work

The Change Guardian web console no longer displays disabled options related to features that are only available with the Sentinel product. (Bug 941664)

Change Guardian Web Console Does Not Work with Firefox 39

The Change Guardian web console now works correctly with Firefox versions 39, 40, and 41. (Bug 937455)

Windows Agents Running on Domain Controllers Stop Unexpectedly

Windows agents running on domain controllers no longer stop unexpectedly. (Bug 936467)

Change Guardian Server Fails to Start and Displays Windows Error Report

Issue:

Incoming corrupt data causes the Change Guardian Server to stop unexpectedly and prevents it from restarting. (Bug 928954)

Fix:

The Change Guardian Server continues to run normally if incoming data is corrupt.

Events Do Not Forward to a Sentinel Server Configured as an Additional Event Destination

Issue:

If you configure a Sentinel server as an additional event destination in Change Guardian, the connection between Change Guardian and Sentinel times out, and events do not forward to the Sentinel server. (Bug 927487)

Fix:

The issue with the timeout in communication has been fixed. Events now forward to the Sentinel server correctly.

Custom Reports in the Change Guardian Web Console Do Not Display Delta Information

Custom Reports in the Change Guardian web console now correctly display delta information. (Bug 918445)

Agents Unable to Connect and Detect Heartbeat

Issue:

A known issue with routing rules causes agents to be unable to detect a heartbeat or send events. For more information, see Knowledge Base article 7016122. (Bug 914998)

Fix:

The issue with the routing rules has been fixed. Agents can now detect the heartbeat and send events.

Asset Monitoring Failures Report Contains Audit Flag Errors

Issue:

The Asset Monitoring Failures Report contains numerous audit flag errors because auditing is not configured on Windows agent computers. (Bug 907284)

Fix:

A change to the Active Directory audit configuration script corrects this issue.

File Delta Does Not Display Big5-Encoded Characters Correctly

The delta for file integrity events now displays Big5-encoded characters correctly. (Bug 906775)

Windows Start Menu Incorrectly Displays Change Guardian Console

The Windows Start Menu correctly displays Change Guardian Policy Editor instead of Change Guardian Console. (906260)

Logging into Policy Editor Fails when Policy Repository is in All Caps

The Policy Repository field on the Policy Editor logon screen is now case-insensitive. (Bug 945069)

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System Requirements

For detailed information about hardware requirements and supported operating systems and browsers, see the User Guide for NetIQ Change Guardian.

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Known Issues

NetIQ Corporation strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. The following issues are currently being researched. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.

·   Cannot View Alerts with IPv6 Data in Alert Views

·   Cannot Install Change Guardian Server as Non-root User

·   Issues with Upgrading Agents Out of Order

·   Upgrade Process Does Not Work with Custom Installation Location

·   Upgrade Fails if You Renamed the .msi Package for the Original Installation

·   Upgrading the Appliance from 4.0.x Removes Change Guardian User Accounts

·   Upgrade Process Displays Wrong Version Number

·   Backup and Restore Utility Does Not Support New Features in 4.2

·   Events Missing Delta and Diff Information After Upgrade

·   Manual Configuration Required to Use Registry Browser

·   Local Users in Administrator Group Cannot Deploy Agents to Windows Computers

·   Issues with UNIX Agent Version 7.4

·   Agents on Windows Server 2003 Computers Do Not Receive Tasks When Expanding Users Containing {}

·   Option to Rerun Tasks from 'Failed Tasks' Does Not Work

·   Asset Tasks Remain 'In Progress' Indefinitely

·   Issues Monitoring DNS Configuration Changes

·   Issue Monitoring Local User and Groups Privilege Events

·   Bar Mitzvah Vulnerability

·   Internal Audit Events Go Only to Primary Event Destination in FIPS Mode

·   Change Guardian Server Does Not Generate Asset Registration Events in FIPS Mode

·   FIPS Mode Does Not Support Forwarding Events to Syslog Servers

·   Change Guardian Server Cannot Connect to Data Sources in FIPS Mode

·   Enabling FIPS Mode Requires Restarting Services

·   Approved Assets Incorrectly Require Authentication

·   Deleting an Asset with Agent Manager Does Not Delete All Components

·   Issue with Privileges for Local Users and Groups Prevents Change Guardian from Generating an Event

·   Manually Uninstalling an Agent Does Not Remove the Agent's Version Details from Agent Manager

·   Tips Table Search Does Not Return the Complete List of Alert Fields in Upgraded Installations

·   New Incoming Alerts Incorrectly Appear to be Selected When You Modify Existing Alerts

·   Change Guardian Web Console is Blank if the License is Expired

·   Change Guardian Cannot Retrieve Events Related to Users Logging On or Off a Domain Controller

·   Active Directory Does Not Synchronize New User if the Account Name is the Same as a Deleted User

·   Unsupported Event Routing Rules are Visible After Upgrading from 4.0

·   Default Database Service Port Must Be Used for Change Guardian Server

·   Event Severity is Always Calculated Automatically for UNIX Agent Events

·   VMware vSphere 5.5 Web Client Cannot Import OVF Templates

·   Modifications to System-Only Object Might Not Generate Security Events

·   Missing Sections in 'Process was Terminated' Events

·   LDAP Settings Cannot Expand Group Members from Trusted Domains

·   LDAP Settings Do Not Support Parentheses

·   'Demoted from DC' Events are Not Generated on Windows Server 2003

·   Change Guardian for Active Directory Does Not Generate Some Events on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

·   Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 + KB2887595 Can Cause Instability on Domain Controller

·   Change Guardian for Windows Does Not Capture Some File Share Settings

·   Migrating Locally Saved Policies is Not Supported

·   Active Directory Schema Events Might Display 'N/A' in Before and After Fields

·   Reports Might Not Display Surrogate Characters Correctly

·   A Nessus Scan Results in Loss of Communication with Change Guardian Server

·   Forwarded Events Might Contain Extra Characters

·   File Integrity Diff Data Might Be Truncated in Events Forwarded to Syslog Servers

·   UNIX Agent Might Generate File Integrity Events without Diff Data

Cannot View Alerts with IPv6 Data in Alert Views

Issue:

Change Guardian alert views do not display alerts that have IPv6 addresses in IP address fields. (Bug 981570)

Workaround:

To view alerts with IPv6 addresses in Change Guardian, perform the steps mentioned in NetIQ Knowledgebase Article 7016555.

Cannot Install Change Guardian Server as Non-root User

The installation process does not support installing the Change Guardian Server as a non-root user. (Bug 948756)

Issues with Upgrading Agents Out of Order

The following issues occur if you upgrade agents in the incorrect order:

·   If an agent computer has both the agent and the Policy Editor installed, upgrading to Change Guardian 4.2 removes the Policy Editor from the computer. To avoid this, upgrade the Policy Editor first and then upgrade the agent. (Bug 936766)

·   If you upgrade the Windows agent before you upgrade the Change Guardian Server, the agent will not receive policy updates after the server upgrade. To enable the agent to receive policy updates again, restart the Change Guardian service on the agent machine. (ENG335193)

Upgrade Process Does Not Work with Custom Installation Location

If you installed a previous version of Change Guardian in a custom location, a known issue with the installation process prevents you from upgrading to version 4.2. To upgrade to version 4.2, contact Support for assistance. (Bug 946564)

Upgrade Process Fails if You Renamed the .msi Package for the Original Installation

If you renamed the .msi file when packaging the program to silently install a previous version of Change Guardian, the upgrade to the current release fails. During an upgrade, Microsoft Windows looks for an original installation with the same identification as the .msi package for the upgrade. For more information about this issue, see the Windows Installer Team Blog. (ENG328889)

Upgrading the Appliance from 4.0.x Removes Change Guardian User Accounts

Upgrading the Change Guardian appliance from 4.0 to 4.2 removes any previously created Change Guardian user accounts. The "cgadmin" account is recreated with its password set to a random value. After the update, you will need to log on to the Change Guardian Web console using the "admin" account to reset the password for the "cgadmin" account. You must recreate all other user accounts.

Upgrade Process Displays Wrong Version Number

The upgrade process incorrectly displays, "Upgrading to 7.3.1." (Bug 945259)

Backup and Restore Utility Does Not Support New Features in 4.2

The backup and restore utility does not support the following new features in Change Guardian 4.2:

·   Alert Notifications and Triage

·   New License Usage Report

·   New Monitoring Capability for Active Directory

·   Enhanced Integration with Active Directory

·   Agent Manager

The utility continues to work correctly for all pre-4.2 features. (Bug 941990)

Events Missing Delta and Diff Information After Upgrade

Change Guardian 4.1 SP 1 included an architectural change related to delta and diff storage. This change significantly improves the time required to retrieve delta and diff information. If you are upgrading from Change Guardian 4.1 or before, the delta and diff information for any pre-4.1 SP 1 events does not display after the upgrade process is complete. You can use reports to retrieve the delta and diff information for pre-4.1 SP 1 events. Change Guardian correctly displays delta and diff information for any events generated after the upgrade. (Bug 936002)

Manual Configuration Required to Use Registry Browser

To enable the Registry Browser in Change Guardian, you must set the repositoryEnabled flag (under HKLM\Software\NetIQ\ChangeGuardianAgent\repositoryEnabled) to 1, and then restart the agent.

If you do not manually set the flag to 1, when you use the Registry Browser, you will receive a Could not connect to Windows Data Source error. (Bug 945225)

Local Users in Administrator Group Cannot Deploy Agents to Windows Computers

With Microsoft KB article 951016, Microsoft introduced a feature called UAC remote restrictions, which removes the SID (security identifier) for the Administrators group from the logon token for local non-Administrator user accounts in the Administrators group. The actual Administrator account remains unchanged. As a result, to deploy agents to Windows computers, you must use the actual Administrator account or a domain account that has administrator access to the computer. For more information, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/951016. (Bug 918180)

Issues with UNIX Agent Version 7.4

The following are known issues with version 7.4 of the UNIX agent:

·   If the Change Guardian Server is running in FIPS mode, version 7.4 of the UNIX agent cannot register with the Change Guardian Policy Repository. (Bug 948202)

·   When you are creating a policy, if you browse to a UNIX agent that is version 7.4 or older, you will receive a Could not connect to UNIX Data Source error. You can avoid this error by manually entering the file paths in the policy. To find the file paths, log on to the UNIX or Linux computer you want to monitor, and then use the cd and ls commands. (Bug 953718)

·   If you are using a version of the UNIX agent released prior to December 2015, the Policy Name and Policy ID fields on UNIX events are blank. Functionality that uses the information in these fields, such as alerts, does not work. (Bug 906274)

Agents on Windows Server 2003 Computers Do Not Receive Tasks When Expanding Users Containing {}

If you configure a policy to expand an Active Directory user that contains only the {} characters, and then assign the policy to an agent on a computer running Windows Server 2003, Change Guardian assigns the policy successfully but the task never arrives at the agent. (Bug 908543)

Option to Rerun Tasks from 'Failed Tasks' Does Not Work

Issue:

If an agent installation, upgrade, or uninstall task fails, the option to re-run the task from the Failed Tasks list does not work. (Bug 942426)

Workaround:

In Agent Manager, select the asset and run the task again.

Asset Tasks Remain 'In Progress' Indefinitely

Issue:

If the connection between Agent Manager and a monitored asset is lost, tasks related to that asset remain In Progress indefinitely. (Bug 941549)

Workaround:

Manually cancel the task in Agent Manager.

Issues Monitoring DNS Configuration Changes

If you create a policy to monitor for DNS Configuration Modified events, a limitation in Microsoft Windows prevents the policy from retrieving information about the users who performed the actions for which the policy is monitoring. As a result, Change Guardian does not support the following options when monitoring for DNS configuration changes:

·   Include Only or Exclude Events (Bug 906981)

·   Managed Events (Bug 906984)

Issue Monitoring Local User and Groups Privilege Events

If you create a policy to monitor for Local User and Groups Privilege events, a limitation in Microsoft Windows prevents the policy from retrieving information about the users who performed the actions for which the policy is monitoring. (Bug 957980)

Bar Mitzvah Vulnerability

To preserve connectivity after you upgrade, and to support backward compatibility with any pre-4.2 agents you have deployed, Change Guardian 4.2 uses the RC4 algorithm. As a result, Change Guardian might be vulnerable to the Bar Mitzvah attack. To protect Change Guardian from the Bar Mitzvah attack, after you upgrade all Change Guardian components to version 4.2, complete the following steps:

1. Log in as the "novell" user and open the /etc/opt/novell/sentinel/3rdparty/jetty/jetty-ssl.xml file.

2. Insert the following lines to the ExcludeCipherSuites list:

<Item>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</Item>

<Item>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5</Item>

3. Open a command prompt and run the following command:

/opt/netiq/cg/scripts/cg_services.sh restart

4. Restart the Change Guardian service on the Change Guardian agent computer.

(Bug 956196)

Internal Audit Events Go Only to Primary Event Destination in FIPS Mode

If you run Change Guardian in FIPS mode, internal audit events go only to the primary event destination. They do not go to any additional event destinations in your environment. (Bug 956881)

Change Guardian Server Does Not Generate Asset Registration Events in FIPS Mode

If you are running the Change Guardian Server in FIPS mode, Change Guardian does not generate the following events:

·   Asset Registered

·   Asset Unregistered

(Bug 945664)

FIPS Mode Does Not Support Forwarding Events to Syslog Servers

If you are running the Change Guardian Server in FIPS mode, it does not forward any events to Syslog servers in your environment. (Bug 956883)

Change Guardian Server Cannot Connect to Data Sources in FIPS Mode

Issue:

If the Change Guardian Server is running in FIPS mode, when you browse data source objects while creating a policy, you will receive a Could not connect to Windows Data Source error. (Bug 956886)

Workaround:

You can avoid this error by manually entering the file paths in the policy. To find the file paths, log on to the computer you want to monitor, and then use the cd and ls commands.

Enabling FIPS Mode Requires Restarting Services

Issue:

When you enable FIPS mode on the Change Guardian Server, the connection between Agent Manager and the agent computers is lost. (Bugs 943730, 944285)

Workaround:

Restart the NetIQ Client Agent Manager and NetIQ Change Guardian Agent services on each agent computer.

Approved Assets Incorrectly Require Authentication

Issue:

If you select an asset in the All Assets list, and that asset has an agent installed on it, you are prompted for the username and password for that asset. (Bugs 942853)

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

Deleting an Asset with Agent Manager Does Not Delete All Components

If you use Agent Manager to delete an asset, Agent Manager does not delete the NetIQ Change Guardian Agent component from the Installed Programs list in Windows. To remove all asset components completely, uninstall the NetIQ Change Guardian Agent component from the computer, and then use Agent Manager to delete the asset from Change Guardian. (Bug 940340)

Issue with Privileges for Local Users and Groups Prevents Change Guardian from Generating an Event

If you delete a privilege from a user, and it was the only privilege assigned to that user, Change Guardian will not generate any events for that privilege. This is caused by a known issue with the way Microsoft implements the removal of some privileges for local users and groups. (Bug 957505)

Manually Uninstalling an Agent Does Not Remove the Agent's Version Details from Agent Manager

Issue:

If you manually uninstall an agent, Agent Manager continues to display version details for the agent. (Bug 946582)

Workaround:

In Agent Manager, select the agent in the 'All Assets' group and delete it.

Tips Table Search Does Not Return the Complete List of Alert Fields in Upgraded Installations

Issue:

In upgraded installations, when you search for alert attributes in the Tips table in the web interface, the search does not return the complete list of alert fields. However, alert fields display correctly in the Tips table if you clear the search. (Bug 914755)

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

New Incoming Alerts Incorrectly Appear to be Selected When You Modify Existing Alerts

Issue:

When you click Select All in alerts views to select alerts, deselect few alerts, and modify them, new incoming alerts are also selected in the refreshed alert views. This results in wrong count of alerts selected for modification, and also it appears as if you are modifying new incoming alerts too. However, only the originally selected alerts are modified. (Bug 904830)

Workaround:

No new alerts will appear in the alert view if you create the alert view with a custom time range.

Change Guardian Web Console is Blank if the License is Expired

Issue:

If your Change Guardian license expires, the web console displays a blank page. (Bug 949208)

Workaround:

Add the license through the command line by using the softwarekey.sh script. For more information, see Adding a License Key through the Command Line in the Administrator Guide for Sentinel.

Change Guardian Cannot Retrieve Events Related to Users Logging On or Off a Domain Controller

Issue:

If you have an agent on a Domain Controller, when domain users use their network credentials to log on or off from a remote domain member computer, Change Guardian cannot retrieve the events related to the users logging on or off. (Bug 939651)

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

Active Directory Does Not Synchronize New User if the Account Name is the Same as a Deleted User

Issue:

If you delete a user from Active Directory, and then create a new user with same account name, Active Directory does not synchronize the new user. (Bug 940781)

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

Unsupported Event Routing Rules are Visible After Upgrading from 4.0

The following Event Routing rules are visible after you upgrade from Change Guardian 4.0:

·   Log to File

·   Log to Syslog

·   Send Events via Sentinel Link

·   Send SNMP Trap

For assistance removing these Event Routing Rules, contact Support. (DOC333152)

Default Database Service Port Must Be Used for Change Guardian Server

To successfully install Change Guardian 4.2, you cannot modify the default Database Service port. (ENG333165)

Event Severity is Always Calculated Automatically for UNIX Agent Events

Event Severity is always calculated automatically for UNIX Agent events, including events generated by policies configured with a custom severity. (DOC333969)

VMware vSphere 5.5 Web Client Cannot Import OVF Templates

Issue:

An issue with VMware vSphere 5.5 Web Client prevents you from using it to import .ovf templates. (DOC332977)

Workaround:

To import an .ovf template, you must use the VMware vSphere 5.5 Client.

Modifications to System-Only Object Might Not Generate Security Events

Change Guardian for Active Directory requires a security event to generate a Change Guardian event. System-only object attributes in Active Directory cannot be modified manually. They can only be modified internally by Active Directory. Modifications to system-only attributes do not generate security events, so Change Guardian is unaware of these changes and cannot track them or create Change Guardian events. (ENG332134)

Missing Sections in 'Process was Terminated' Events

If you create a process policy in Change Guardian for Windows that monitors an application for Process was Terminated events, and the monitored application is open before you assign the policy to the agent, when the monitored application shuts down, the generated event does not contain the Event Message and Who sections. To ensure that the generated event contains all sections, turn off the application you want to monitor before assigning the policy to the agent. After you assign the policy to the agent, start the application again. (ENG332876)

LDAP Settings Cannot Expand Group Members from Trusted Domains

If you configure LDAP settings for a group that contains members from a trusted domain other than the domain to which the group belongs, Change Guardian cannot expand the group members. (ENG331982)

LDAP Settings Do Not Support Parentheses

LDAP settings do not work on Active Directory users or users of groups if the name attribute contains open or close parentheses:

( )

(ENG331896)

'Demoted from DC' Events are Not Generated on Windows Server 2003

If you configure Change Guardian for Active Directory to monitor for Computer Demoted from DC events, and the demoted computer is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, a Computer Demoted from DC event is not generated. (ENG332176)

Change Guardian for Active Directory Does Not Generate Some Events on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

If you run Change Guardian for Active Directory on a computer with the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system, Change Guardian for Active Directory does not generate some events. If you install Windows Update KB2911106, Change Guardian for Active Directory is able to generate all events except Active Directory Object was Renamed events. (ENG332396)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 + KB2887595 Can Cause Instability on Domain Controller

If your domain controller runs Windows Server 2012 R2, ensure that you have installed the most recent Windows updates. If the most recent Windows update you have installed is KB2887595, the computer can become unstable when the following are true:

·   Audit Directory Service Changes is enabled in Active Directory

·   An Active Directory object is renamed

(ENG332396)

Change Guardian for Windows Does Not Capture Some File Share Settings

Change Guardian for Windows does not capture modifications to the following types of share settings:

·   Management Properties

·   Quota

(ENG326828)

Migrating Locally Saved Policies is Not Supported

Before you upgrade the Policy Editor to the current version, ensure that you back up or submit locally saved policies to the Change Guardian Policy Repository. If you upgrade without backing up locally saved policies from version 4.0 or version 4.0.1, you will lose those policies. (DOC331358)

Active Directory Schema Events Might Display 'N/A' in Before and After Fields

The Schema Attribute Modified and Schema Class Modified events from Active Directory do not support Before and After fields, and display N/A. (ENG330960)

Reports Might Not Display Surrogate Characters Correctly

An issue with DevExpress prevents reports from displaying some surrogate characters correctly. (ENG332580)

A Nessus Scan Results in Loss of Communication with Change Guardian Server

An issue with proxy client connections causes Change Guardian to lose the connection with the Change Guardian server when you run a Nessus scan.

To work around this issue, comment out the following section in the server.xml file:

 
        <obj-component id="ProxyService">
                <class>esecurity.ccs.comp.clientproxy.ClientProxyService</class>
               <property name="clientports">ssl:${clientproxyservice.port.client}</property>
               <property name="certclientports">ssl:${clientproxyservice.port.certclient}</property>
               <property name="keystore">${esecurity.config.home}/config/.proxyServerKeystore</property>
               <property name="certificateAlias">SentinelProxyServer</property>
        </obj-component>
        

(ENG334480, ENG334500)

Forwarded Events Might Contain Extra Characters

When you use the Syslog Dispatcher to forward events in Change Guardian, event attributes might contain additional backslash (\) characters to escape the following characters: \, =, and |. These extra characters are necessary to allow the event to conform to the Common Event Format (CEF) specification. To remove them, parse the events with a CEF parser. (ENG334907)

File Integrity Diff Data Might Be Truncated in Events Forwarded to Syslog Servers

If you configure the Change Guardian Server to forward File Integrity events to a Syslog Server, and then you modify a monitored file, the diff data in the forwarded event might be truncated if the diff data size is greater than 1 KB. The forwarded event provides a URL that allows you to view the full event and the complete file diff data in the Change Guardian Web console. (ENG335411)

UNIX Agent Might Generate File Integrity Events without Diff Data

If a UNIX agent monitors for File Integrity changes, and a user modifies a monitored file, if the amount of modified data is larger than 1 KB, the generated event does not contain diff data. (ENG335309)

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