[RELEASE] Geneos 5.11.1, fix for Apache Log4j2 vulnerability

Geneos 5.11.1

Released: 14 December 2021

This release delivers the updated binaries in the ITRS Downloads page for:

  • Active Console
  • Web Dashboard
  • Terracotta Messaging integration
  • VMWare Monitor integration

Important

The Geneos components and plugins that are not mentioned in this release are not affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerability.

To know more about the impact of this issue to the ITRS products and components, see Vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228). We recommend upgrading to the latest version Geneos 5.11.1 as soon as possible.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • The Apache Log4j library in the Active Console, Web Dashboard, Terracotta Messaging integration, and VMware Monitor integration, has been upgraded to 2.15.0 to fix the security vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228). We recommend upgrading to the latest version Geneos 5.11.1 as soon as possible.

Full release notes are available here:

https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/all/release-notes/geneos/geneos-release-notes.htm