Release 2017_025 (2017-10-26)#

Impact#

  • [NixOS] Most services will be restarted due to a multitude of security updates.

  • [NixOS] All virtual machines will be rebooted during announced maintenance windows.

NixOS platform#

  • Update Linux kernel from 4.4.59 -> 4.4.91 (#28503).

  • Update PHP 5.5, 5.6 and 7.0 to most recent bugfix releases (#28594).

  • Security update for ImageMagick: 6.9.9-4 -> 6.9.9-19 (#28605).

  • Statshost: Use nginx as proxy when using Prometheus to gather metrics in multiple projects – instead of using federation (#28647).

  • Security update for pcre: 8.40 -> 8.41 (#27731).

  • Security update for varnish: 4.0.3 -> 4.0.5 (#28593).

  • Security update for curl: 7.52.1 -> 7.56.0 (#27729).

  • Security update for libxml: 2.9.4 -> 2.9.6 (#28608).

  • Security update for libxslt: 1.1.29 -> 1.1.31 (#28609).

  • Security update for LibreOffice: 5.0.1.2 -> 5.2.6.2.

  • vulnix: fix incorrect status reporting (#28741).

  • Enable automatic garbage collection on all VMs (#27553).