Enportal/5.6/release notes 5.6.8

Introduction

This page summarizes the new features, resolved issues, and known issues in enPortal version 5.6.8 released on Oct 6th, 2017.

What is enPortal

Edge enPortal is the industry's only secure, vendor-neutral network management integration platform. With pre-built Product Integration Modules (PIMs) for common third-party applications, enPortal is a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solution that quickly integrates these network management tools and offers advanced capabilities including:

  • Integration of existing web-based tools and applications
  • Advanced Security including role/domain-based access via a secure proxy
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) and Sign-Off
  • Integration with external user authentication systems
  • Branding and Customization
  • Dashboard Views
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Scalability

New Features

Resolved Issues

  • Upgraded embedded Tomcat to v7.0.82 (addressing CVE-2017-12617). (AB-1315)
  • Upgraded Jackson FasterXML Library (addressing CVE-2017-7525). (AB-1316)
  • Upgraded Apache Commons FileUpload Library.
  • Upgraded Mariadb-Java-Client JDBC Driver (AB-1317)
  • Upgraded MSsql-JDBC Driver (AB-1317)
  • Addressed issue with null responses during SAML Authentication.

Known Issues

  • The Session Validation Filter, added in 2.6.1, will redirect any unauthenticated request to the login page. This was added as a security enhancement. If you see this behavior and want the page to be accessible, you must add an allowed path to the custom configuration file.

Contact Information

For questions or assistance with this release of enPortal, please see the support page for contact information.