Release Notes
PANDORA NG 750 LTS

VERSION UPDATERELEASE

750
November 2020

These release notes
describe new features,
improvements and fixedissues in Pandora FMS NG
750. They also provide
information about
upgrades and describe
some workarounds for
known issues.

•

How to update Pandora FMS•

Feature exctinction•

New features and improvements•

Changes and improvements•

Known changes and limitations•

Bug fixes•

Fixed vulnerabilities•

Legal information

New features and improvements
New group selector
We replaced the classic group selector by a full AJAX one that allows searching andThis is an LTS (LongTerm Support) version,a version with maximum
stability that incorporates
lots of bug fixes. TheseLTS are only released
twice a year.
For more information
on previous versions,visit the release notes
section on our website.
For information aboutminimum system
requirements, visit
the installation
section in our official
documentation.

New plugins
We have a new plugin to monitor Office 365 and Cloud Foundry.

Profile display enhancements
User management display has been modified. When a user had different profiles
in different groups, the information was confusing.

Support for RHEL/CentOS8
Pandora FMS is constantly evolving and we could absolutely not fall behind. In thisversion, packages for the official Pandora FMS update in CentOS 8 are supplied forthe first time.

Improved integration with external ITSM and CMDB
processes
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linkedin.com/showcase/pandorafms@pandorafms

The existing feature of assigning an external ID to each Pandora FMS module has
been improved. That way, integrations with CDMDB and ITSM processes (ticketing)with third-party tools are easier. New API and CLI calls have been created, as well
as alert macros and fields in events to make this feature complete.

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Known changes and limitations
Log Modules
How to update
Pandora FMS
There are several ways
to update Pandora FMS
console:Through Update
Manager, in Pandora
FMS console itself,
automatically (it requires
console internet
connection).
Through Update
Manager, in Pandora FMS
console itself, manually,
through OUM update files.
By manually installing
packages (rpm, deb...) andlater updating the console
through the web interface.
The server will have to
be manually updated
through RPM or tarball
packages.

You can find more
information about
Pandora FMS downloads
on our website:
OpenSource version
packages.
Enterprise version
packages.
For detailed informationand the steps to follow
to update each item,
classified by operating
systems, go to our Wiki

When creating a log type module in both agents and policies, having ElasticSearch enabled in
Pandora FMS console, it stayed as “uninitialized” forever as it did not save the information in
the database. The creation where these “modules” should be created as agent plugins has been
modified, adding the module’s configuration instead of the agent plugin line.
Additionally, additional configuration such as timeouts or crontabs can be added to the agent
plugin.

Blocking in DB in HA environment
A specific database blocking problem has been identified in HA environments when the databasemaintenance script was launched from two nodes simultaneously. Detection of the main node
(Master) has been added so that non-masters do not perform the operations that cause locks anda parameter (-f) has been added to force execution and bypass protection if necessary.

Fixed vulnerabilities
Thanks to Matthew Aberegg and Ary Dobrovolskiy, among other independent security researchers
who have provided us with information and contacted us to report security issues in Pandora FMS.
In this release, different entryways (XSS) to Pandora FMS code through the web browser in thefollowing views have been solved:

Case #

GitLab #Description

n/a

6279

In editing operating systems, network scan scripts, special days, remote components,
template configuration, user description and private company numbers.

n/a

6278

In the ajax.php used for Pandora FMS console

n/a

6316

In the indexing of certain pandora folders.

n/a

6616

In password reset in Pandora FMS login

Feature extinction
In this release, no existing Pandora FMS features have disappeared.

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Changes and improvements
Other resources
for your interest
Documentation of
Pandora FMS online

Case #

GitLab #Description

9854

6279

The number of characters to use in the agent plugins field has increased.

n/a

6278

Modified correlation alert wrong creation flow.

n/a

6316

Added icon for OS Mainframe agents on network maps.

9147

6616

Added the possibility of choosing the agent group created by the dynamic_snmp.plplugin.

n/a6185

Modified UM profile performance. A user manager can work only with the users of
the group it has permissions on. Fixed several minor issues related to super users andusers without profile.

10176 / 10180

5944

Updated the Sybase plugin to use the DBD::Sybase library.

n/a

6119

Changed text string "critical/warning status" to "critical/warning threshold" to avoid
misunderstanding.

n/a

6050

Modified the size of the report fonts within the visual styles setup.

n/a

5296

A "Save passwords" button has been added in the Active Directory login configurationthat allows to decide whether you want to store the passwords in the local database,just as it exists in the LDAP login configuration.

n/a

6153

Enabled by default the “reset counter for non-sustained alerts” token in alerts.

n/a

5230

Created a pop-up to be displayed when a valid license is deleted or expired.

9411

5435

The possibility of including a default filter in Pandora FMS trap view has been added.

n/a

6257

Added new images for groups and visual consoles by default.

n/a

6145

Added a selector in the module graphs to show/hide the AVG/MAX/MIN data.

n/a

6299

Added statistics controls per container and separated docker and docker_swarm
libraries.

n/a

6297

Added the necessary competences to the Oracle plugin to support CDB/PDB.

n/a

6462

Modified Marklogic plugin modification so that port checks are not blocking.

n/a

6459

PDF report creation with lots of graphs performance has been substantially improved.

n/a #
Case

6434 #
GitLabModified the default names of the agents
created when installing a Pandora FMS ISO.
Descripción

n/a

4054

Created a new Cloud Foundry plugin.

10265

6013

Added the option to customize the Y axis of graphs.

n/a

6448

Created the failover token in report wizards for the availability item.

n/a

6318

Added option to accept insecure certificates in WUX checks.

n/a

6370

Added the options to create/remove the covers and indexes of Pandora FMS reports.

10018

5847

Added recommendations for creating new indexes in the database.

Plugin Library
Pandora FMS official
technical support

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Case #

GitLab #Descripción

n/a

6366

Added combo for selecting the type of charts in reports.

10364

6104

Increased the maximum number of fields that can be entered in a command.

n/a

6579

Included agent name and alias macros in response to events.

n/a

6594

Added AD documentation regarding Windows password policy.

n/a

6572

Added more information about events, including API calls.

n/a

6352

Modified the documentation of the VMWare plugin adding some additional tokens
that were not documented.

n/a

6606

Added description in service tree view.

n/a

6538

Modified the documentation on the report Monitor report item.

n/a

6644

Created a plugin for Office 365 monitoring.

n/a

6410

Added list of agent IP addresses when using SNMP and WMI wizards, in case you haveseveral.

n/a

6577

An administrator user will no longer have to add any type of profile to be able to becreated.

n/a

6550

Pandora HA documentation has been modified and extended.

n/a

6391

Modified dashboard documentation to explain the impossibility of adding two network
maps, failing in displaying one of them.

n/a

6359

Fixed documentation bugs in API and CLI calls where the examples were incorrect.

n/a

6287

Added in the VMWare documentation the new dependencies necessary for its correct
use.

n/a

5633

Added documentation of node configuration to be able to see the custom fields in the
Metaconsole.

n/a6304 / 6324

Added Pandora WUX documentation section with the commands that can be used inselenium. Also added a section with recommendations for proper monitoring.

n/a

6511

Updated the SAML documentation both descriptive of the tool and configuration in
Pandora FMS.

10018

5847

Optimized pandora_db performance through database indexes.

10364

6104

Increased the maximum number of fields that can be added to alert commands.

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Case #

GitLab #Description

10385 / 10696 /
10684

6320

Fixed the “Rollover” console timestamp operating mode where the date format was
displayed incorrectly.

n/a

6289

Modified the wiki to specify how to use the “Item import text from url” report
element.

n/a

6288

Fixed Log Report element in reports.

10617

6276

Fixed the display of SNMP graphs of Metaconsole modules.

10666

6327

Fixed “add_cluster_agent” API call.

10483

6250

Deleted PHP Warning errors from the Pandora FMS console log that overfills the log.

10501

6234

Fixed autorefresh in the event view that modified the filter it had at that moment.

10520 / 10629

6212

Fixed module template creation in Spanish.

n/a

6200

Fixed the visual bug of the advanced LDAP parameters without having them active.

10465

6189

Deleted the execution errors of the dynamic_snmp.pl plugin.

n/a

6186

Modified the links of the OpenSource server installers.

10390

6176

Fixed the actions to be carried out with restrictive permissions within the dashboards.

n/a

6138

Fixed the ability to save credentials without an identifier.

9761

6129

Fixed log correlation problems where any log triggered the alert with the configuration by agent.

n/a

6083

Modified log viewer display when no log is found by filtering.

n/a

6077

Fixed the non-differentiation of agents with the same name coming from different
nodes in Metaconsole.

n/a

6046

Fixed the change of operators in the correlation alerts already created.

n/a

4292

Fixed a visual bug in Pandora FMS rich text boxes.

n/a

6361

Fixed the display of events of a standard user with administrator permissions on the
all group, where any action on system events can be performed.

n/a

10688

Fixed the user editing error when after pressing “enter” when entering a new
password, a warning would appear to delete the user.

n/a

6275

Modified collections visual bug showing that a collection was correctly created whenedited.

10615

6274

Fixed “get inventory_module_data” API call.

n/a

6270

Fixed the error of deleting user profiles with accents or spaces.

n/a

6254

Fixed the display of rule templates in alert correlation.

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Case #

GitLab #Description

10560

6237

Modified agent filtering in Metaconsole policies where all cases were shown
regardless of the group.

n/a

6227

Fixed Monitor View visual error that misplaced the console.

n/a

6221

Changed the “thresholds” token error that should be “weights” in services.

10488

6197

Fixed changing the login screen background in Microsoft Edge browser.

10482

6195

Fixed HTML entities that were displayed in the audit table

n/a

6190

Fixed the services message when a service module is disabled.

10444

6169

Fixed SNMP module version modification through massive operations.

n/a

6159

Fixed policy export by which HTML entities were created in CSV.

n/a

6134

Visual change in the report checkboxes to match the new Pandora FMS buttons.

n/a

6127

Fixed a visual error in the error report in Pandora FMS console.

n/a

6118

Fixed user editing visual error that misplaced the console.

n/a

5971

Fixed the display of the event within module graphs.

n/a

5898

Fixed section title duplication in Pandora FMS diagnostic view.

n/a

6262

Fixed bug of user permissions necessary to use mass operations, with the UM
permission is enough.

10704

6342

Fixed new modules CPU, Disk, Services... through the WMI wizard.

10701

6338

Modified the error message when the server is down.

10699

6336

Corrected the data obtained by means of the IFHXXXX SNMP Wizard.

10699 / 10652

6334

Fixed the problem whereby the SNMP Wizard did not add the selected modules
correctly, but added modules by default.

10183

6630

Fixed server and console failure when adding a new node in HA servers view.

n/a

6325

Fixed network map creation when created using an empty network map.

10688

6322

Fixed the error in editing a user’s passwords that gave the option to delete the userwhen pressing “enter”.

n/a

6349

Fixed log reports so that matching logs appear correctly.

n/a

6430

Modified Pandora FMS console suggestion/issue forwarding.

10786

6428

Fixed service reports when exported to CSV.

n/a

6423

Fixed module copy error between two different policies.

10756

6421

Fixed the permissions of a standard user with administrator profile.

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Case #

GitLab #Description

10786

6420

Fixed service report PDF export error.

10451

6382

Modified the checks performed on each lPandora FMS console loading, removing
unnecessary HA checks.

n/a

6369

Modified Pandora FMS header for better display.

10493

6251

Fixed an incorrect error message when installing a software agent on CentOS.

10572

6244

Fixed format changes when creating/sending a report with a general item.

n/a

6242

Fixed log filtering error when two agents have the same log source.

10512

6208

Fixed agent automatic deployment in the console. If the target machine does nothave any dependencies to install the agent, it will send a descriptive message.

n/a

6177

Visual changes to public dashboard links.

n/a

6063

Recognition task timeouts in satellite server have been modified to avoid blocking.

10145

6049

Fixed errors that block SNMP module execution in the Enterprise server throughpandorafsnmp.

n/a

6022

Modified Windows Uptime Module measurement using policies.

10245

5995

Corrected the indexes of the general reports when being sent by mail.

9399

5317

Fixed the error whereby proxy agents could not modify the listening port.

n/a

6328

Fixed icon display in Pandora FMS mobile console.

n/a

6285

Fixed the error of the percentile item of visual consoles when it had a tag.

n/a

6471

Fixed availability item naming in reports when created through wizards.

n/a

6468

Fixed default module creation for Cisco systems detected by Discovery.

n/a

6467

Fixed reports selection in Metaconsole, where it always selected the first node in the
list.

10825

6466

Fixed event deletion when they move to history, by which even without having that
option enabled, they were deleted if the number was not 0.

n/a

6463

Modified sql vertical graph item in both node and Metaconsole reports.

n/a

6456

Fixed agent group change when using mass agent operations.

n/a

6453

Fixed sql Metaconsole report map key to adjust to report space.

n/a

6450

Fixed Oracle Discovery tasks, where if the first task failed, the rest were not done.

n/a

6444

Modified tconfig synchronization between Metaconsole and nodes, so that it is done
straight away.

n/a

6443

Fixed Pandora FMS Windows server failure when using the agent deployment feature.

10509

6472

Fixed graph creation failure with SAML.

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Case #

GitLab #Description

10749

6439

Fixed the report availability item when enabling the option to show summary
statistics.

n/a

6433

Fixed default API settings for new ISO installations.

n/a

6432

Fixed the default configuration of console mailings for new ISO installations.

n/a

6416

Fixed missing percentile token in simple graph items in reports.

n/a

6412

Modified WUX checks with comments, by which before, when reading a comment, it
stopped performing checks, validating them as correct.

10747

6409

Fixed getValue command in WUX checks in Google Chrome.

10747

6408

Fixed getScreenshot command in WUX checks in Google Chrome.

n/a

6395

Fixed agent deployment on debian and ubuntu systems.

10756

6394

Fixed the delete_agent API call in Metaconsole.

n/a

6383

Modified event filters, where the tags field was always taken into account even
without being selected.

10183

6330

Fixed the node adding to HA causing the console to crash.

10340

6273

Fixed module duplication by policies when the node already existed, where themodule was not deleted in agent conf.

10340

6273

Fixed data module settings with thresholds created through policy, where if
something was changed in the module in agent, the thresholds were modified.

n/a

6222

Fixed WUX failures when using the webdriver recorder.

n/a

6199

Added PerIO:encoding dependency to Marklogic plugin.

10407

6173

Modified policy enforcing in Metaconsole, increasing their performance.

10436

6168

Satellite packages created for CentOS 6.

n/a

6076

Fixed duplicate metrics using oracle plugin.

10641

6373

Fixed going to normal events with modules with the active FF threshold.

n/a

6360

Modified the Hyper-V plugin to retrieve the used memory correctly.

9940

6346

Fixed secondary group filters in events and reports of alerts and events.

10691

6337

Fixed Syslog server performance issues for large loadings.

9663

6043

Fixed the SQL query error in Metaconsole, where it points to the Metaconsole
database.

8979

4867

Fixed FF interval performance in WUX modules.

n/a

6397

Visual review of node and Metaconsole reports.

n/a

6385

Modified the default display size of module graphs.

n/a

6678

Fixed node selector error in Metaconsole reports.

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GitLab #Description

n/a

6677

Fixed SQL error when trying to make reports with ALL group.

n/a

6626

Modified custom event filters, which did not save certain fields properly.

n/a

6586

Fixed owner section in events when performing an action.

n/a

6508

Fixed node and Metaconsole event reports.

n/a6524 / 6526

n/a

6569

Fixed reprt export and import.

n/a

6599

Modified module view filtering whereby filtering by group and recursion gave backerrors.

n/a6629

Fixed group counting in tree view, where child groups were not taken into account.

n/a

6657

Fixed zooming error in module graphs using the divide-by-two option.

n/a

6587

Modified event comments, where when an event was validated, they were deleted.

n/a

6578

Fixed issues with sound events when choosing groups.

n/a

6576

Fixed several event macros to be used in alert commands.

n/a

6658

Modified tags in graph export to CSV.

n/a6556 / 6557

n/a

6601

Fixed tag deletion whereby they could not have less than 4.

n/a

6546

Fixed font size editing in Metaconsole reports.

n/a

6554

Modified events export to CSV since it always took out the empty state of all events.

n/a

6495

Fixed the limited number of characters in the IP field in the node server view when
updating.

n/a

6497

Fixed the alert report by group when choosing the ALL group.

n/a

6518

The options that can be selected in the network interfaces item in reports both innode and in Metaconsole have been modified.

n/a

6483

Fixed group recursion bug in the group report item.

n/a

6488

Fixed error of the possible creation of agents with the ALL group.

n/a

6487

Fixed refreshing error of the favorite visual consoles view.

n/a

6469

Fixed name saving in remote component creation that was saved with entities.

n/a

6470

Modified remote component creation with the token of “execution type -> plugin” bywhich it was not properly created.

n/a

6482

Restructured event grouping to show first the last event to arrive.

n/a

6485

Corrected children recursion to show within report item agent selectors.

Fixed HTML views of different reports both in node and console.

Fixed module post processing.

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Case #

GitLab #Description

n/a

6555

Modified the message when deleting the last user profile, which is deleted if there are
no profiles left.

n/a

6477

Fixed group selection bug in dashboard widgets.

n/a

6496

Modified the map key of certain report items where the word “Array” appeared whenit should not.

n/a

6478

Corrected the sources in certain report items for their correct display in both HTMLand PDF, both data and map keys.

n/a

6476

Modified report SLA item export to CSV.

n/a

6531

Fixed simple graph item in Metaconsole reports, where the agent could not beproperly selected once the node was chosen.

n/a

6484

Fixed permission error while being the administrator of the WUX transaction widget ofthe dashboards.

n/a

6481

Fixed Metaconsole event self-validation.

n/a

6552

Fixed templale HTML view in Metaconsole SQL graph items.

n/a

6512

Fixed ACLs problems in alert view.

n/a

6580

Modified group editing so that a group cannot be its own parent.

n/a

6549

Fixed the insertion of item custom graph in reports using a wizard.

n/a

6592

Fixed errors caused by the deployment of Metaconsole plugins.

n/a

6413

Fixed checks section in SNMP and WMI wizards where not all were selected in thegeneral checks.

n/a

6604

Fixed connection loss in visual consoles with public link.

n/a

6575

Fixed user synchronization error from Metaconsole to node when a profile with
subgroups is added.

n/apag. 106513

Modified the MacOS agent for High Sierra, where the agent stopped working if thepath “/usr/local/bin” did not exist.

n/a

6571

Modified pandora_ha performance when a thread of a single server died, so that it
does not restart completely Pandora FMS.

10872

6551

Fixed error whereby if the type of a module was changed, then the modules createdby default in Pandora FMS could not be displayed.

n/a

6256

Fixed the postgress plugin when custom queries with special characters were used.

n/a

6680

Fixed disconnection window appearing when opening the sound events window.

n/a

6573

Fixed the error where when using AD and changing the password for the first time, itgave a permission error when trying to log in for the first time.

n/a

5982

Modified HANA plugin performance to work correctly locally.

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