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389 Directory Server 2.3.1, 2.2.4, and 2.1.6

The 389 Directory Server project has announced new releases of versions 2.3.1, 2.2.4, and 2.1.6. From the release announcements, it appears that the most significant changes include:

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability in the UI (all three versions)
  • Fixed potential memory management issues (all three versions)
  • Made database compaction more robust (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue with an inconsistency with tombstone entries between LMDB and Berkeley DB (version 2.3.1)
  • Increased the default number of file descriptors to avoid problems resulting from exhaustion (version 2.3.1)
  • Fixed an issue that prevented enabling replication with a mixed-case suffix (all three versions)
  • Fixed a performance issue with the memberof attribute (all three versions)
  • Fixed issues with migration from OpenLDAP (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue in which changelog trimming was not performed at the expected interval (all three versions)
  • Fixed various issues with the access log analysis script (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the server to crash during shutdown (versions 2.3.1 and 2.2.4)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the entryuuid fixup task to fail in a replicated environment (all three versions)
  • Fixed a performance issue due to lock contention under mixed load (all three versions)
  • Fixed a performance issue when using pam_passthrough (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue in which some releases didn not include the cockpit web application (version 2.3.1)
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the UI from working properly if you change the root DN (all three versions)
  • Fixed a performance issue with smart referral entries (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue with dscreate when using a custom dir_path with SELinux enabled (all three verisons)
  • Added a default ACI that could help avoid problems with searches targeting group membership (version 2.3.1)
  • Updated the server to only allow a single memberof fixup task to run at a time (all three versions)
  • Updated healthcheck to ensure that all group attributes referenced by memberof are indexed (all three versions)
  • Improved import performance with LMDB (version 2.3.1)
  • Added default indexes for uidnumber, gidnumber, and memberuid (versions 2.3.1 and 2.1.6)
  • Improved access logging for operation statistics (versions 2.3.1 and 2.2.4)
  • Added the ability to always include a specified set of attributes in the audit log (all three versions)
  • Improved debug logging support for password policy processing (all three versions)
  • Updated the CLI to add support for adding CA certificate bundles (all three versions)
  • Improved UI support for binary attributes like jpegPhoto (all three versions)