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Release Notes for Cisco Security MARS Appliance 4.3.1

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for Cisco Security MARS Appliance 4.3.1

Introduction

Supported Hardware

New Features

Data Migration Support

Centralized Password Management—External AAA Server Support

Account Locking—Login Security

Monitoring Global Controller Connection Status from the Local Controller

GUI and CLI Timeout Interval

Support for Cisco IPS 6.0 Dynamic Signature Updates

Miscellaneous Changes and Enhancements

New Vendor Signatures

Upgrade Instructions

Important Upgrade Notes

Upgrade to 4.3.1

Upgrade to 4.2.8

Upgrade to 4.2.7

Upgrade to 4.2.6

Upgrade to 4.2.5

Upgrade to 4.2.4

Upgrade to 4.2.3

Upgrade to 4.2.2

Upgrade to 4.2.1

Upgrade to 4.1.5

Upgrade to 4.1.4

Upgrade to 4.1.3

Upgrade to 4.1.2(2042)

Upgrade to 4.1.1

Required Upgrade Path

Downloading the Upgrade Package from CCO

Important Notes

Quick Install Notes

Installation Quick Reference

Checklist for Initial Configuration

Caveats

Open Caveats - Release 4.3.1

Resolved Caveats - Release 4.3.1

Resolved Caveats - Releases Prior to 4.3.1

Product Documentation

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines


Release Notes for Cisco Security MARS Appliance 4.3.1


Revised: July 24, 2009, OL-14668-01

Note We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.


These release notes are for use with the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS), Version 4.3.1 running on any supported Local Controller or Global Controller as defined in Supported Hardware. They provide the following information:

Introduction

Supported Hardware

New Features

Upgrade Instructions

Important Notes

Quick Install Notes

Caveats

Product Documentation

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Introduction

Version 4.3.1 is now available as an upgrade to 4.2.8 of your MARS Appliance software. Registered SMARTnet users under the can obtain version 4.3.1 from the Cisco support website at:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mars/

And then click the Download Software link in the Support box on the right side of the MARS product home page.

Supported Hardware

Cisco Security MARS Version 4.3.1 supports the following Cisco Security MARS and Protego Networks MARS appliances:

Local Controller Appliances

Cisco Security MARS 20 (CS-MARS-20-K9)

Cisco Security MARS 20R (CS-MARS-20R-K9)

Cisco Security MARS 50 (CS-MARS-50-K9)

Cisco Security MARS 100 (CS-MARS-100-K9)

Cisco Security MARS 100e (CS-MARS-100E-K9)

Cisco Security MARS 200 (CS-MARS-200-K9)

Protego Networks PN-MARS 20

Protego Networks PN-MARS 50

Protego Networks PN-MARS 100

Protego Networks PN-MARS 100e

Protego Networks PN-MARS 200

Global Controller Appliances

Cisco Security MARS GC (CS-MARS-GC-K9)

Cisco Security MARS GCm (CS-MARS-GCM-K9)

Protego Networks PN-MARS GC

Protego Networks PN-MARS GCm

New Features

In addition to resolved caveats, this release includes the following new features:

Data Migration Support

Centralized Password Management—External AAA Server Support

Account Locking—Login Security

Monitoring Global Controller Connection Status from the Local Controller

GUI and CLI Timeout Interval

Support for Cisco IPS 6.0 Dynamic Signature Updates

Miscellaneous Changes and Enhancements

New Vendor Signatures

Data Migration Support

Beginning with this release, you can migrate configuration and event data from a MARS Appliance running 4.x to a newer model running 5.x. For detailed instruction on how to perform this operation, see Migrating Data from Cisco Security MARS 4.x to 5.3.x. at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/security_management/cs-mars/4.3/migration/guide/dmigrate.html

Centralized Password Management—External AAA Server Support

External Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing (AAA) servers can now act as the authentication mechanism for MARS Appliance GUI logins (username and password). Previously, each MARS Appliance authenticated login name/password combinations with the appliance's local user database. Release 4.3.1 supports the following external RADIUS AAA servers:

Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS)

Microsoft Internet Authentication Service (IAS) Server

Juniper Networks Steel belted RADIUS

Further Information is available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/security_management/cs-mars/4.3/user/guide/local_controller/authen.html

Account Locking—Login Security

Previously, MARS Appliances permitted an unlimited number of login attempts. With Release 4.3.1, the adminstrator can configure the GUI to lock after a specified number of failed login attempts, or can configure the GUI to never lock. To set the Account Lockout Policy, navigate to the AAA configuration page (Admin > System Setup > Authentication Configuration).

The administrator can unlock accounts form the User Management page
(Management > User Management), or with the new unlock CLI command.


Note Per Open Caveat CSCsk31615 in Release 4.3.1, when MARS fails in an attempt to connect to a specified external AAA server, MARS behaves as if the user had performed a failed login. This can result in users being locked out of the GUI even when they are entering the correct login name and password combination. For example, if three AAA servers are specified, and all three attempts to connect to them fail, and the Maximum Login Failures parameter is set to 3, the user will be locked out of the GUI with one valid login attempt. This behavior will change in a future release.


Further information is available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/security_management/cs-mars/4.3/user/guide/local_controller/authen.html#wp1198343

Monitoring Global Controller Connection Status from the Local Controller

Previously, the connection status between a Local Controller and a Global Controller was reported on the Global Controller's Zone Controller Information page
(Admin > System Setup > Local Controller Management).

With Release 4.3.1, the Local Controller now generates syslogs to record communication problems caused by the following events:

Local Controller cannot connect to the Global Controller

Local Controller certificate is not on the Global Controller or vice versa

Local Controller and Global Controller are operating with incompatible MARS release versions

Release 4.3.1 defines seven new events, three new system rules, and two new system reports on the Local Controller to monitor the connection status with the Global Controller.

Further information is available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/security_management/cs-mars/4.3/user/guide/global_controller/gccfg.html#wp1055211

GUI and CLI Timeout Interval

Previously, the GUI would timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity. With Release 4.3.1, the timeout interval for the GUI can be set at 15, 30 (default), 45, and 60 minutes, or as Never (never will timeout). Different GUI timeout intervals can be set for the Administrator, Security Analyst. and Operator roles. The Administrator parameter also sets the CLI timeout.

To access the Timeout Configuration page, navigate to Admin > System Parameters > Timeout Settings.

Support for Cisco IPS 6.0 Dynamic Signature Updates

This feature downloads new signatures from CCO and correctly process and categorize received events that match those signatures, which includes them in inspection rules and reports. These updates provide event normalization and event group mapping, and they enable your MARS Appliance to parse day zero signatures from the IPS devices.

By default, this feature is enabled and requires you to configure it. If you do not configure it, the following rule fires:

System Rule: CS-MARS IPS Signature Update Failure

This rule fires daily until you configure the feature. To address the issue identify by this firing rule, do one of the following:

Specify the username and password pair to use when pulling the signature updates from CCO.

Specify a local server where the MARS-IPS packages reside in the URL for Signature update field.

Disable the feature.

For information on configuring the feature, see IPS Signature Dynamic Update Settings.

Miscellaneous Changes and Enhancements

The following changes and enhancements exist in 4.3.1:

Global Controller-to-Local Controller Communication Enhancements. Enhancements include more efficient data batches, reduced transfer times, and a prioritization on recent data. If a data backlog occurs due to a Global Controller-to-Local Controller disconnect, the Local Controller sends recent data first and stays in sync with new data coming in. The Local Controller catches up with older data over time.

Syslog Forwarding. Designate a syslog collector and forward syslog messages received from one or more IP addresses to that collector. See the syslogrelay setcollector,syslogrelay src, and syslogrelay list commands in Appendix A: Command Reference in the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security MARS. See "Syslog Relay Support" in Chapter 2: Reporting and Mitigation Devices Overview of the User Guide for Cisco Security MARS Local Controller.

Password Management Enhancement. Non-administrative users can change the password associated with their account. Previously, editing a MARS user was considered an administrative task and limited to those accounts with the admin role.

Raw Message Log Enhancement.To view and delete queries in the local cache, click the View Cache button on the Retrieve Raw Messages page accessed from Admin > System Maintenance > Retrieve Raw Messages.Previously, queries were purged automatically every two weeks; this feature helps avoid disk space shortages that could occur before that period elapsed.

GC2R Support. The 4.3.1 and 5.3.1 releases are interoperable, allowing the GC2R to manage Local Controllers running 4.3.1 on the following models: MARS 20R, MARS 20, and MARS 50.

Enhanced Cisco Device Support:

IPS 6.0

PIX / ASA 7.2

CSA 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)T through IOS Release 12.4(11)T4

FWSM 3.1.3 and 3.1.5

Enhanced 3rd-Party Device Support.

ISS Site Protector 2.0

CheckPoint R61, R62, and R65.

Update to intrusion prevention, and intrusion detection, and vulnerability assessment signature sets. This release includes new vendor signatures, updating the 3rd-party signature support. For more information on the updates, see New Vendor Signatures

Bug fixes. For the list of resolved issues, see Resolved Caveats - Release 4.3.1.

New Vendor Signatures

The following table describes the most recent signatures supported for each product or technology:

Revised in 4.3.1
Product
Signature Version Supported
Intrusion Prevention and Detection Signatures

Yes

Cisco IDS 4.0,
Cisco IPS 5.x,
Cisco IOS 12.2

Current through S299 signature release.

Yes

Snort NIDS 2.6.1

Current through the July 7, 2007 signature release

No

ISS RealSecure Network Sensor 6.5 and 7.0, and ISS RealSecure Server Sensor 6.5 and 7.0

XPU 27.010
Release date: May 8, 2007

No

McAfee IntruShield NIDS 1.8
McAfee Network Intruvert v 2.1.9.104

2.1.68.5
Release date: June 12, 2007

Yes

McAfee Entercept HIDS 6.x

Current through the August 21, 2007 signature release.

Yes

CheckPoint Application Intelligence

(VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55)

Current through the August 6, 2007 signature release

No

Netscreen IDP 2.1

Signature version: 2.1 r7.
Release date: March 10, 2007

Yes

Enterasys Dragon 6.x, 7.x

Current through the July 3, 2007 signature release.

Yes

Symantec NIDS, v 4.0

Signature package: 84
Release date: July 15, 2007

No. EOS.

Symantec Manhunt 3.x

(See Symantec NIDS, v 4.0.)

3.4.3 Update 59
Current through the May 24, 2007 signature release.

Vulnerability Scanner Signatures

Yes

Qualys QualysGuard 3.x, 4.7.161-1

Current through the August 17, 2007 signature release.

Yes

E-Eye, Retina Scanner Vulnerability Software, version 5.61

Current through the August 20, 2007 signature release.

Yes

Foundstone, version 4.x

Current through the August 23, 2007 signature release.

Yes

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Database

Current with the August 15, 2007 definition update.

1 eEye REM 1.0 is supported in 4.2x.


Upgrade Instructions

The MARS upgrade packages are the primary vehicle for major, minor, and patch software releases. As administrator of the MARS Appliance, you should check the upgrade site regularly for patch upgrades. In addition to addressing high-priority caveats, patch upgrade packages update system inspection rules, event types, and provide the most recent signature support.

For detailed instructions on planning and performing an upgrade or install, refer to Checklist for Upgrading the Appliance Software in the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System.

Important Upgrade Notes

To ensure that the upgrade from earlier versions is trouble free, this section contains the notes provided in previous releases according the release number. Please refer to the notes that pertain to the release you are upgrading from and any releases following that one.

Upgrade to 4.3.1

Beginning with the 4.3.1 and 5.3.1 releases, the dynamic IPS signature updates (if enabled) is an aspect of the version of software running on a MARS Appliance. Therefore, in addition to running the same MARS software versions on the Global Controller and Local Controller, the IPS signature version must match or the communications fail.

In a Global Controller-Local Controller deployment, configure the dynamic signature URL and all relevant settings on the Global Controller. When the Global Controller pulls the new signatures from CCO, all managed Local Controllers download the new signatures from the Global Controller.

In addition, CSCsk90015 states that any reporting device representing a Cisco ACS 3.x device that exists prior to the 5.3.1 upgrade is deleted during the upgrade. To resolve the issue after upgrade, you must the remove the reporting device from the host and re-add that device again as Cisco Secure ACS 3.x .

An example process is as follows:

1. Click Admin > Security and Monitor Devices, select the host with Cisco ACS 3.x as a reporting application and click Edit.

2. Select the Reporting Applications tab, and then blank link and click Remove.

3. After removing the blank link, re-add Cisco Secure ACS 3.x application to that host and click Activate.

Upgrade to 4.2.8

No important notes exist for the 4.2.8 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.2.7

No important notes exist for the 4.2.7 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.2.6

No important notes exist for the 4.2.6 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.2.5

The 4.2.4(2432) patch was released to address an issue with the MARS system timezone patch in 4.2.4 (2428). The 4.2.5 update includes the patch, and therefore, you are not required to apply the 4.2.4(2432) patch if you are currently running 4.2.4 (2428). This issue, detailed in CSCsi08897, only affects a few timezones; therefore, many customers would never experience the issue.

Upgrade to 4.2.4

No important notes exist for the 4.2.4 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.2.3

The 4.2.3 upgrade package is approximately 1.6 GB due to the large number of signatures updated and due to the inclusion of a patch to the database software, which was added to address CSCsg02873. Downloading the PKG file may take up to 7 times longer than previous packages.


Note Enable archiving on the MARS Appliance for two to three days before you perform you attempt to upgrade from 4.2.2 to the 4.2.3 release. This precaution is strongly recommended in case reinstallation is required due to any encountered errors.


To upgrade from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3, follow these steps:


Step 1 Verify that your MARS Appliance does not have hard drives that are degraded or rebuilding by performing the following steps:

a. At the CLI, enter the following command:

raidstatus


Tip For more information on accessing the CLI, see the "Establishing a Console Connection" section in Chapter 5, Initial MARS Appliance Configuration, of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.


For more information on the raidstatus command, see "raidstatus" in Appendix A, Command Reference of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

b. Verify that hard drives are neither in rebuilding nor degraded status. If they are, please wait until all hard drives have finished rebuilding before attempting an upgrade.

Step 2 Verify that the MARS Appliance has at least 3GB of space available on the partition /u01 by performing the following steps:

a. At the CLI, enter the following command:

diskuage

One of the lines should describe the /u01 partition:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/md3               16G  4.6G   10G  31% /u01

For more information on the diskusage command, see "diskusage" in Appendix A, Command Reference of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

b. Verify at least 3 GB available is available (the example has 10G available).

A nightly process runs to clean up any files that accumulate on this partition. If you have less than 3 GB, there is an issue with your appliance that you must resolve prior to upgrading.

Step 3 Perform the software upgrade. The CLI method is strongly recommended.


Note While the GUI upgrade works, it does not show progress of the upgrade. Use the CLI instead to ensure the progress of the update is known. Do not reboot the appliance until the upgrade has completed.


For more information on performing the upgrade using the command line, see the following information:

"Checklist for Upgrading Appliance Software" in Chapter 6, Administering the MARS Appliance of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

"pnupgrade" command in Appendix A, Command Reference of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

"Upgrading from the CLI" in Chapter 6, Administering the MARS Appliance of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

Step 4 After the automatic system reboot, verify the upgrade by performing the following steps:

a. At the CLI, enter the following command:

pnstatus

For more information on the pnstatus command, see "pnstatus" in Appendix A, Command Reference of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

b. Verify that all processes are running.

If some processes are not running, you must troubleshoot that issue before proceeding with the upgrade.

c. Enter the following command:

pnupgrade log

For more information on the pnupgrade log command, see "pnupgrade" in Appendix A, Command Reference of the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, Release 4.2.x.

d. Verify that the output looks like the following:

[pnadmin]$ pnupgrade log
--------------------------------------
   4.2.2 2303   -->  4.2.3 2403
--------------------------------------
1 Preparing upgrade start
  1.1 Load the step table start
  1.1 Load the step table end
  1.2 Stop pnmonitor start
  1.2 Stop pnmonitor end
  1.3 Stop jboss start
  1.3 Stop jboss end
  1.4 Stop other applications start
  1.4 Stop other applications end
1 Preparing upgrade end
2 Upgrade OS start
  2.1 Patch OS start
  2.1 Patch OS end
  2.2 Patch Oracle start
  2.2 Patch Oracle end
2 Upgrade OS end
3 Upgrade schema start
  3.1 Run upgrade schema script start
  3.1 Run upgrade schema script end
  3.2 Backup schema script start
  3.2 Backup schema script end
3 Upgrade schema end
4 Upgrade MARS applications start
  4.1 Untar MARS executable binary start
  4.2 Untar MARS executable binary end
  4.3 Modify janus.conf start
  4.3 Modify janus.conf end
  4.4 Swap MARS executable binary start
  4.4 Swap MARS executable binary end
  4.5 Run post-unpack-deployment start
  4.5 Run post-unpack-deployment end
4 Upgrade MARS applications end
5 Upgrade data start
  5.1 Start jboss start
  5.1 Start jboss end
  5.2 Importing signature data start
  5.2 Importing signature data end
  5.3 Missing-id fix start
  5.3 Missing-id fix end
5 Upgrade data end
6 reboot ...
Upgrade from 4.2.2 2303 to 4.2.3 2403 finished.

If the log does not include the "Upgrade from 4.2.2 2303 to 4.2.3 2403 finished" line, then a problem occurred during the upgrade regardless of whether the version command reports 4.2.3 (2403).


Special Note for Post Upgrade of a Global Controller/Local Controller Deployment

In a Global Controller/Local Controller deployment upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3, the communication states between the Global Controller and one or more Local Controllers can be out of sync. This issue is detailed in CSCsh38818.

The Global Controller identifies the Local Controller as Active, and the Local Controller identifies itself as Offline. Toggling "Suspend/Resume" from the Global Controller's Local Controller Management page toggles both states, causing the Global Controller to consider the Local Controller as Suspended while the Local Controller considers itself as Online and resumes pushing information to the Global Controller.

This "out of sync" state affects Global Controller/Local Controller deployments that are upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3.

To determine whether a Global Controller/Local Controller pair is in this error state, follow these steps:


Step 1 The Global Controller and all associated Local Controllers are upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 (see upgrade instructions in Upgrade to 4.2.3).

Step 2 Log into the Global Controller web interface, and select Admin > System Setup >- Local Controller Management.

Step 3 For each Local Controller, select the Local Controller checkbox and click Details.

Step 4 Verify that there is a discrepancy between the status on the Global Controller and the status of the Local Controller. Specifically, the status on the Global Controller shows that an Local Controller is "Active", while the Local Controller web interface shows that the Local Controller is Offline in the header - "CS-MARS Local Controller (Offline)". Confirm the Local Controller status by logging into the Local Controller via its web interface.

Step 5 Note each Local Controller that is in this "out of sync" state.


Once the error has been identified, follow these steps to exit the error state:


Step 1 Log into the Global Controller web interface, and select Admin > System Setup >- Local Controller Management.

Step 2 Select each Local Controller that is in this "out of sync" state, and click Suspend/Resume. Repeat until all Local Controllers in this "out of sync" state have been suspended.

You can verify that the Global Controller sees each Local Controller as "Suspended" by clicking "Details" for that Local Controller to see if it shows that the Local Controller is no longer Offline - "CS-MARS Local Controller: [hostname]/[zone name]"

Step 3 On the Local Controller Management page of the Global Controller web interface, select Refresh Rate "1 minute" from the pull-down menu.

Step 4 Select Admin > System Maintenance > License Key. and verify that the correct number of Local Controllers (20/50s, and 100/200s) are counted by the Global Controller under "used".

Step 5 Select Admin > System Setup > Local Controller Management in the Global Controller browser window

Step 6 Perform Step 7 through Step 10 for each Local Controller that is in this "out of sync" state.

Step 7 Open an SSH shell to the Local Controller, and enter the following command:

pnreset -j

Step 8 Enter yes to confirm the pnreset operation.

Step 9 Within 20 seconds of entering the pnreset -j command, switch back to the Global Controller browser window and click the browser refresh button every 3 seconds until the Status message for that Local Controller displays "Not responding". This is needed to re synchronize communication between the Global Controller and Local Controller.

Step 10 Wait for the Local Controller Management page to refresh and verify that the Local Controller's status is now "Active" and the web interface for that Local Controller shows the Local Controller is Active (not Offline). Confirm the Local Controller status by logging into the Local Controller via its web interface.


Upgrade to 4.2.2

The following issues can occur during the standard upgrade process of a MARS Appliance:

If you re-image your MARS Appliance from 3.4.3 to 4.2.2, your 3.x license key does not work on the new image. See CSCsg74922 for details.

The following issues can occur when upgrading your reporting devices:

If you upgrade your Cisco FWSM modules to software version 3.1.2, you will be unable to parse the events identified in CSCsg31072.

Upgrade to 4.2.1

As identified in CSCse17864, CSCse22610 and CSCse22617, the changes in the case management feature requires that you close all cases before upgrading from MARS 4.1.x to 4.2.1. By closing the cases, you ensure that the device, report, and query information is copied to the case, assuming it still exists in the database.

Upgrade to 4.1.5

No important notes exist for the 4.1.4 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.1.4

No important notes exist for the 4.1.4 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.1.3

No important notes exist for the 4.1.3 upgrade.

Upgrade to 4.1.2(2042)

The following notes detail changes to the standard upgrade process:

If you completed the 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 (2040) upgrade, verify whether the upgrade failed by entering `pnlog mailto <SMTP server> <sender> <recipient>' at the CLI. This commands mails the MARS Appliance logs to the recipient. Open the e-mailed file attachment, and then open the newest upgrade*.log found in /var/log/. Successful upgrades from 4.1.1 (2022) to 4.1.2 (2040) include the following line:

Opening file: 
/etc/data/secondarytables/reports/Report.0.Resource-Issues--IOS-IPS-DTM---All-Events.x
ml

If you do not see this line, then a problem occurred during the upgrade regardless of whether the version command reports 4.1.2 (2040).

To upgrade from 4.1.1 or a successful or unsuccessful 4.1.2 (2040) to 4.1.2 (2042), download the package, perform the upgrade as defined in Checklist for Upgrading the Appliance Software. If you are upgrading from 4.1.1, you must also execute the following command at the CLI of the upgraded MARS Appliance:

script -b patch_or_04_1_16.sh

The 4.1.2 (2042) image includes an additional command `script' that cleans the database of the data referenced in CSCsc31386. As a result of running the script, the total upgrade process from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 (2042) may take much longer than previous releases; it depends on the amount of data stored on the MARS Appliance. For a MARS 200, it could double the normal upgrade time to two hours. To determine whether the script is still running, enter the following command and look for `patch_or_04_1_16.sh' anywhere in the output:

sysstatus -n 1 -b

Upgrade to 4.1.1

The following notes relate to changes in your system or configuration as a result of upgrading to MARS 4.1.1.

Prior to the 4.1.1 release, CSA was identified by the device type name Cisco CSA 4.0. As part of an upgrade, any Cisco CSA 4.0 devices were renamed as Cisco CSA 4.x. This new name includes support for Cisco CSA 4.0 and 4.5.

The new case management replaces the Escalate Incident functionality in MARS 3.4.4 and earlier. However, escalated incidents are not converted to cases during the upgrade process. Therefore, you must close all open escalations before upgrading to MARS 4.1.1 (CSCsb52057).

Required Upgrade Path

When upgrading from one software version to another, a prerequisite version is always required. This prerequisite version is the minimum level required to be running on the appliance before you can upgrade to the most recent version. Table 1 identifies the upgrade path that you must follow to reach the minimum level required to upgrade to current version.

Table 1 Upgrade Path Matrix

From Version
Upgrade To1
Upgrade Package

releases prior to 2.5.6

Contact Cisco Support

n/a

2.5.6

3.1.1

pn-3.1.1.pkg

3.1.1

3.2.1

pn-3.2.1.pkg

3.2.1

3.2.2

pn-3.2.2.pkg

3.2.2 or 3.3.2 Beta

3.3.3*

pn-3.3.3.pkg

3.3.3

3.3.4*

pn-3.3.4.pkg

3.3.4

3.3.5*

pn-3.3.5.pkg

3.3.5

3.4.1*

pn-3.4.1.pkg

3.4.1

3.4.2

pn-3.4.2.pkg

3.4.2

3.4.3

pn-3.4.3.pkg

3.4.3

3.4.4

pn-3.4.4.pkg

3.4.4

4.1.1

csmars-4.1.1.pkg

4.1.1

4.1.2 (2042) + script command

csmars-4.1.2.pkg2

4.1.2 (2040) without error

4.1.2 (2042)

csmars-4.1.2.pkg2

4.1.2 (2042)

4.1.3

csmars-4.1.3.pkg

4.1.3

4.1.4

csmars-4.1.4.pkg

4.1.4

4.1.5

csmars-4.1.5.pkg

4.1.5

4.2.1

csmars-4.2.1.pkg

4.2.1

4.2.2

csmars-4.2.2.pkg

4.2.2

4.2.3

csmars-4.2.3.pkg3

4.2.3

4.2.4 (2428)

csmars-4.2.4.pkg

4.2.4 (2428) or (2432)

4.2.5

csmars-4.2.5.pkg

4.2.5

4.2.6

csmars-4.2.6.pkg

4.2.6

4.2.7

csmars-4.2.7.pkg

4.2.7

4.2.8

csmars-4.2.8.pkg

4.2.8

4.3.1

csmars-4.3.1.pkg

1 An asterisk (*) next to a package name in this column identifies that this upgrade must be performed from the command line, as GUI support was lost with the closing of the upgrade.proteogonetwork.com website.

2 To upgrade from 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 (2040) to 4.1.2(2042), please review the special upgrade notes in the Quick Install and Release Notes for Cisco Security MARS Appliance 4.1.2 (2042).

3 The 4.2.3 upgrade package is approximately 1.6 GB due to the large number of signatures updated and due to the inclusion of a patch to the database software. Downloading the ISO image may take longer than previous packages.


Downloading the Upgrade Package from CCO

Upgrade images and supporting software are found on the CCO software download pages dedicated to MARS. You can access these pages at the following URLs, assuming you have a valid CCO account and that you have registered your SMARTnet contract number for your MARS Appliance.

Top-level page:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mars/

And then click the Download Software link in the Support box on the right side of the MARS product home page.

Result; The Download Software page loads.

From this top-level page, you can select one of the following options:

CS-MARS IPS Signature Updates Archives

CS-MARS IPS Signature Updates

CS-MARS Patches and Utilities (supplementary files)

CS-MARS Recovery Software

CS-MARS Upgrade Packages


Note If you are upgrading from a release earlier than those posted on CCO, please contact Cisco support for information on obtaining the required images. Do not attempt to skip releases along the upgrade path.


For information on obtaining a CCO account, see the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/applicat/cdcrgstr/applications_overview.html

Important Notes

The following notes apply to the MARS 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x releases:

The performance of the Summary Page degrades when too many reports are added under My Reports. The smaller the number of reports under My Reports, the faster the Summary page loads. To ensure adequate performance, limit the number of reports to 6. This issue is partially described in CSCse18865.

Do not to use DISTINCT or SAME in queries, and do not run multi-line queries in Release 4.3.1. If you run such a query, the system time outs after 20 minutes without returning any results. The message "Timeout Occurred" appears instead. You can use DISTINCT and SAME in a Query to create a rule with the Query interface.

For Symantec AntiVirus, the Symantec agent hostname (AV client computer name) appears in the "Reported User" column of the event data. Therefore, you can define a query, report or rule related to this agent based on the "Reported User" value.

The False Positive and Query pages (multi-column result format) have changed. You can now query on firing events that triggered false positives within a time interval. Such queries will render events that did not appear on the False Positive page. To ensure performance, the False Positive page only displays false positives from the most recent 10,000 firing events. To view additional false positives, you must perform a query.

The following notes describe new behavior based on the resolution of specific caveats. Be sure to check the upgrade notes for each release for important notes on data migration.

Reference Number
Description

CSCsc50636, CSCsc50652

Issues: Backend IPS process runs at 99% CPU when pulling large IP Logs

The backend IPS process reaches 1GB in memory used when pulling IP Logs. The process names depending on the version on MARS that is running:

In version 4.2.1 and earlier, the process names are pnids50_srv and pnids40_srv.

In version 4.2.2 and later, the process is named csips.

These related issues, are specific to pulling IP logs from Cisco IDS/ IPS devices. The symptom is that the backend IPS service consumes the system resources on the MARS Appliance. As an improper configuration of the sensor can significantly degrade the sensor performance as well as that of MARS.

Workaround: Ensure that settings for IP log creation on the sensor limit the size of the IP log (in terms of number of bytes or number of packets captured). Also, verify that IP packet logging is enabled only for signatures of interest and not for all signatures.

In addition, the following release-specific maximums are enforced:

In 4.2.1, a 100 file maximum is enforced for the log file queue when the MARS is configured to pull IP log files. Therefore, it may not pull every IP log file. In addition, the complete IP Log file may not be pulled, instead, data is pulled from the file starting 5 minutes before the alert was generated through the end of the file.

In 4.2.2, a 1,000 file maximum (up from 100 in 4.2.1) is enforced for the log file queue when the MARS is configured to pull IP log files. The complete IP Log file may not be pulled, instead, data is pulled from the file starting 1 minute (down from 5 minutes in 4.2.1) before the alert was generated through the end of the file. And last, 100KB is the maximum IP log size that can be pulled from a MARS Appliance.

CSCpn02175

Issue: Data computed or stored on a standalone MARS while in standalone mode will not be transferred to a Global Controller. Only data computed on an Local Controller that is currently monitored by a Global Controller will be pushed up.

CSCpn02073

Issue: After renaming a cloud, clicking the cloud again causes an error.

Workaround: Refresh the page before clicking a renamed cloud.

CSCpn01270

Issue: The free-form search may not work for the following devices:

Check Point Opsec NG FP3

Cisco CSA, 4.0

Cisco, IDS, 3.1 and 4.0

ISS, RealSecure, 6.5 and 7.0

Entercept Entercept, 2.5 and 4.0

IntruVert IntruShield, 1.5

CSCpn00247

Issue: The automatic time-out feature built into the GUI does not work when the Summary page is left open with automatic refresh selected.

Resolution: Please log out of the system when you are no longer using it.


Quick Install Notes

It is recommended that users read the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System. However, for those users who simply want to get the MARS Appliance up and running, the following two topics, taken from the Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, summarize the hardware installation and initial software configuration:

1. Installation Quick Reference

2. Checklist for Initial Configuration

Installation Quick Reference

Table 2 provides an overview of the installation and initial configuration process. Following installation and initial configuration, see the following publications for information on how to use a browser and the HTML interface to fully configure your MARS Appliance to provide the security threat mitigation (STM) services you want from this installation:

User Guide for CS-MARS Local Controller Version 4.2.x

User Guide for CS-MARS Global Controller Version 4.2.x

Table 2 Quick Reference 

Task
References in Install Guide

Use the rack mount kit to install the MARS Appliance in a rack.

Installing the MARS Appliance in a Rack

Connect the MARS Appliance to an AC power source.

Connecting to the AC Power Source

Connect network and console cables.

Connecting Cables

Turn on the appliance.

Powering on the Appliance and Verifying Hardware Operation

Verify initial power up.

Powering on the Appliance and Verifying Hardware Operation

Perform initial configuration of the MARS Appliance.

Checklist for Initial Configuration

Configure the MARS Appliance to monitor reporting devices.

Next Steps


Checklist for Initial Configuration

Initial configuration of the appliance accomplishes several goals:

Introduces the two user interfaces to MARS: the command line interface (CLI) and the web interface.

Licenses the appliance.

Prepares the appliance to monitor and communicate on your network.

Configures the system time so that event correlation works properly.

Ensures the system administrative account is configured properly.

Ensures appliance is running the most recent version of software.

The following checklist describes the tasks required to initially configure your MARS Appliance. Each task might contain several steps; the tasks and steps within should be performed in order. The checklist contains references to the specific procedures used to perform each task.

Task

1. Establish a console connection to the appliance.

Initial configuration requires a console connection to access the CLI. You should establish this connection with the power turned off on the MARS Appliance. Three console connection options exist:

A direct console connection to the appliance using a keyboard and monitor

A standard serial console connection between a computer and the appliance using a terminal emulation package

An Ethernet console connection between a computer and the appliance using a terminal emulation package

After you have chosen and configured your console connection, you must power up the appliance.

Result: The appliance is powered up and you can see the command line prompt through your console connection.

For more information, see:

Establishing a Console Connection

2. Command Line Configuration: Setting the system administrative account's default password and configuring the interfaces.

The command line configuration is separated into three tasks, each task being separated by a reboot of the appliance. The first task involves performing three to four procedures:

Collect the information required to configure the appliance to operate optimally on your network.

Log in to the appliance and change the password associated with the system administrative account (pnadmin).

Configure the eth0 network interface, specifying the default gateway and IP address and network mask pair for that interface.

(Optional) Configure the eth1 network interface, specifying the IP address and network mask pair for that interface.

Each MARS Appliance has two Ethernet interfaces: eth0 and eth1. The eth0 interface is the dedicated interface used for collecting event data and logs from your network. The eth1 interface is intended for use in an out-of-band management (OOBM) network or for a console connection. Therefore, your default gateway and IP address/mask values should focus on the network connections to be used to monitor the data streams of reporting devices, and these settings should be applied to eth0.

Note The MARS Appliance does not allow you to configure both of its interfaces on the same network.

Result: The default password is no longer associated with the system administrative account and the appliance is more secure. Also, the eth0 is configured to communicate on your network. When you complete the IP address configuration changes for either, the appliance reboots.

For more information, see:

Configuring Basic Network Settings at the Command Line

Change the Default Password of the System Administrative Account

Specify the IP address and Default Gateway for the Eth0 Interface

(Optional) Specify the IP Address and Default Gateway for the Eth1 Interface

3. Command Line Configuration.

The second task of the CLI configuration involves setting the hostname of the appliance. The hostname is used to uniquely identify which appliance collects a specific log and which appliance fires an inspection rule. This unique identity is especially important in an environment where Global Controller is running. To complete this task, you must:

Log in to the appliance using the system administrative account and the new password.

Set the hostname of the appliance.

Result: The hostname is configured for the appliance. The appliance reboots.

For more information, see:

Specify the Appliance Hostname

4. Command Line Configuration.

The third and final task of the initial CLI configuration involves specifying those settings that help ensure the integrity of the event correlation and complete your network connection, allowing access to the appliance from other hosts on the network. In other words, after you complete this phase, you can connect to and complete the appliance configuration using a non-console connection from any host on your network. To complete this task, you must:

Log in to the appliance using the system administrative account and the new password.

Set any additional static routes.

Set the clock.

Set the NTP server settings.

Set the DNS domain name.

Connect the appliance to the network (that is, plug in the Cat 5 cables.)

Result: Now you have network connectivity. You can access the CLI interface using an Secure Shell (SSH) client on any host that can reach the appliance, and you can log in to the web interface to complete the initial configuration.

For more information, see:

Specify the Time Settings

Set Up Additional Routes

Completing the Cable Connections

5. Complete initial configuration using the web interface.

After you have completed the cable connections to the MARS Appliance, defined the required network connection settings, and specified any additional default routes, you can start the web interface configuration process. Verify the configuration settings of your browser before configuring the MARS Appliance (see Web Browser Client Requirements).

During this phase, you configure the following:

Appliance license

Zone identification (Global Controller only)

E-mail server identification

DNS addresses

E-mail address for the system administrative account (pnadmin)

TACACS/AAA login prompt settings

Result: You have configured your appliance to communicate on the network, properly correlate events, and issue system e-mails to a monitored e-mail address.

For more information, see:

Completing the Configuration using MARS web interface

Licensing the Appliance

Verifying and Updating Network Settings

Specifying the DNS Settings

Configure E-mail Settings for the System Administrative Account

Configure TACACS/AAA Login Prompts

6. Upgrade the appliance to the most recent software version.

The software version determines the currency of signatures, system inspection rules, features, and bug fixes. An important part of your security solution is ensuring that you maintain the most up-to-date software on the MARS Appliance. This process involves preparing an upgrade strategy and selecting a method, determining your current version, identifying the most recent version, and downloading and applying all intermediate versions of the software.

Result: The appliance is running the most recent version of software.

For more information, see:

Checklist for Upgrading the Appliance Software


Caveats

This section describes the open and resolved caveats with respect to this release.

Open Caveats - Release 4.3.1

Resolved Caveats - Release 4.3.1

Resolved Caveats - Releases Prior to 4.3.1

For your convenience in locating caveats in Cisco's Bug Toolkit, the caveat titles listed in this section are drawn directly from the Bug Toolkit database. These caveat titles are not intended to be read as complete sentences because the title field length is limited. In the caveat titles, some truncation of wording or punctuation may be necessary to provide the most complete and concise description. The only modifications made to these titles are as follows:

Commands are in boldface type.

Product names and acronyms may be standardized.

Spelling errors and typos may be corrected.


Note If you are a registered cisco.com user, view Bug Toolkit on cisco.com at the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools

To become a registered cisco.com user, go to the following website:

http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do


Open Caveats - Release 4.3.1

The following caveats affect this release and are part of supported devices or compatible products:

Reference Number
Description

CSCsf31561

FWSM 3.1 syslogs FWSM-3-717001 till FWSM-4-717031 have missing colon

CSCsg00377

show resource usage command reports incorrect connection usage

CSCsg35110

MARS Global Controller cannot import a Local Controller SSL security certificate if the LC zone name contains a forward slash character ( / )

CSCsf31401

MARS query does not highlight rules inside any policy group named Local


The following caveats affect this release and are part of MARS.

Reference Number
Description

CSCsk90015

Cisco ACS 3.x not accessible after upgrade to MARS x.3.1

CSCsk60311

Mars - Option to check logs pulling status

CSCsk59030

MARS OpenSSH GSSAPIDelegateCredentials vulnerability

CSCsk57521

Test Connectivity to CSM fails when CSM password contains special chars

CSCsk51397

Adding many incidents to the case slows down the MARS gui performance

CSCsk49710

User Guide - NetScreen device configuring syslog screenshot incorrect

CSCsk45704

User account always display locked

CSCsk43710

Gen2 GC miss Genl LC's info on the license page

CSCsk42805

Statistics backlog creates high CPU condition

CSCsk39645

GUI doesn't check duplicate agent ip address when adding application

CSCsk31615

Should not increase the number of failure for AAA server unaccessible

CSCsk27999

Java error when clicking on Configuration Information page

CSCsk27276

MARS: Isolated Networks in Topology due to 'ip unnumbered' Interface

CSCsk26308

pink error when listing devices while scalability script running

CSCsk21865

LC/GC comm broken due to java io stream header corruption exception

CSCsk19730

Null XML_KEY_VALUE XML causes rule to go inactive on LC/GC sync

CSCsk17861

Mars released DVD contains GUI management source codes

CSCsk12489

operator role can not resubmit report

CSCsk12156

Configuration Sync (GC --> LC) can have parallel threads doing dupe work

CSCsk11592

ids didn't get monitored networks from msfc if discover ids first

CSCsk08028

Real time multi column query is not working.

CSCsk06363

System Rule: Resource Issue: CS-MARS should include drop counts events

CSCsk04282

MARS failed to import 1000 hosts vulnerablilty information

CSCsk03722

Test Connectivity returning error

CSCsk03186

Error during discovery of Netscreen SSG5 w/ ScreenOS 5.0

CSCsk03022

After LC was deleted from GC, GC-LC communication goes on forever

CSCsk02989

GC is not usable when LC has lots of deleted devices

CSCsk02261

XPATH is change to find open ports information from QG 5.0 xml file

CSCsk62114

Wrong spelling Error Messages

CSCsk62697

IPS6x is not supported in seed file import in 4.3.1/5.3.1

CSCsj96747

Networks and Groups propogated 2 LC are deleted after its removed fr GC

CSCsj96592

Adding LC with version lower than 4.3.1 should version mismatch err

CSCsj90875

Inline/Batch query: result mismatch on Matched Rule Ranking

CSCsj90505

Inline/Batch query not match on NAT connection report

CSCsj89299

MARS unable to discover ASA through ssh using DES

CSCsj87207

GUI cannot show the full topology because of constant process crash

CSCsj74155

Cannot Retrive Raw Messages while sending PIX72,ASA72 and SNORT messages

CSCsj73189

IOS and IPS certificates aren't deleted when the device is deleted

CSCsj71119

Loading devices from seed file didn't populate interface info

CSCsj69985

Syslogrelay is accepting same IP for both source and collector

CSCsj68087

MARS Discovery fails to take the context information of ASA from 7.2-7.0

CSCsj67626

Raw message query type schedule report missing some raw message events

CSCsj67037

pnparser / postfire / process_event_srv crashed in func test

CSCsj66955

scheduled discovery is scheduled at wrong time

CSCsj63552

PN log agent should check ACS config before allowing user to App name

CSCsj57812

Mars unable to parse CP R61 Hide NAT behind gateway config

CSCsj57315

Mars doesn't parse and store CP R61 User/Client/Session auth rules

CSCsj51240

Paging does not work for report right after adding it to a case.

CSCsj51181

Batch query submitted from a GC to LC is still in progress after two day

CSCsj42467

LC not showing up on certificate page

CSCsj41168

Error when trying to accept new sensor certificate

CSCsj33614

MARS SSH discovery of ASA fails if login banner is set

CSCsj31990

pnparser: to avoid flooding log file

CSCsj30328

Hosts not loading when existing hosts slected.

CSCsj29441

rpcclient2 abnormal uder 1050 windows devices env

CSCsj28376

Box may not be able to reboot after recovery, under certain conditions

CSCsj23845

The Action filter doesn't work if it is not associated with incidents

CSCsj20697

LC did not get added to GC so unable to generate syslogs.

CSCsj15512

Update reports when handling deletion of hosts

CSCsi96921

IPSDynamicSigUpdate attempts to connect to CCO with no credentials

CSCsi95074

low-traffic bytes ranking report causes process_inlinerep_srv to restart

CSCsi93594

Pnparser stops processing each time it tries to load the topology

CSCsi93283

Mismatch between query and report results for source port ranking.

CSCsi91734

Mismatch in results between query and report for All Matching Events

CSCsi89837

MARS does not recognize SNMP traps from IPS device

CSCsi86420

with 60% event rate capacity, query events ranked by time takes 20 min

CSCsi76255

Custom log template pattern messed up when add a LC to GC

CSCsi69310

security hole happens if users close browsers without click logout

CSCsi68126

For multiple context mode, inbound/outbound error reports are incorrect.

CSCsi65713

Index needs to be removed for the pn_report_result table

CSCsi62384

The performace test kills all the process during the weekend run

CSCsi53831

performace test causes all the process restarted

CSCsi52731

mars reboots w/o asking for confirmation after user clicked cfg update

CSCsi51999

Edit SW based Application device need submit twice

CSCsi50058

GC not merging the same reporting device from LCs

CSCsi50024

IPS is not visible in Global Zone Hot Spor Graph

CSCsi49474

Mismatch results between query and report (custom column)

CSCsi49419

The application hangs, while getting the results for a query.

CSCsi49396

Mismatch in results between query & report when query based on desti. IP

CSCsi49330

Mismatch in results between query and report when query is based on user

CSCsi49285

Mismatch in results between query and report.

CSCsi32559

Able to run a query when the limit is reached

CSCsi32553

MARS Client CPU hits 95-100% during Real-Time (raw events) query

CSCsi29398

CS-Mars does mitigate to the proper endpoint

CSCsi23209

Some unsupported nfs cause system errors on MARS.

CSCsi18757

CS-MARS - Request to have the "ssldump" command in the MARS CLI.

CSCsi17607

GC - Zone Model for Auriga 210 showing as 200

CSCsi15769

NLS_LANG variable should be updated in environment

CSCsi13100

gui.sh dev build makes different JBOSS web.xml than make release

CSCsi11963

MARS 4.2.4 not parsing IOS Router NAT properly

CSCsi11312

pn_incident_log and pn_report_log should be archived

CSCsi09318

Mars - Using IE7, any query over 2 mins to process result in error

CSCsi07186

User can input unsupported characters in AAA device name

CSCsi03658

CS-MARS - IOS Discovery via Telnet/SSH fails with $hostname in banner

CSCsh97060

MARs says it can delete up to 500 at a time but only lets you delete 50.

CSCsh94361

Events with port 0 cannot be filtered using port in query/reports/rules

CSCsh89445

GUI allow users create rule without putting rule name

CSCsh82939

MARS failed to restart if the hostname is changed after a restore

CSCsh73553

USB Keyboard does not work while re-imaging with DVD

CSCsh58754

Lots of oracle files on HD can cause upgrade failure, succeeds on retry

CSCsh57236

Unknown Reporting Device was missing on GC's DB pn_device table

CSCsh52537

Repeated upgrades of oracle fills hard drive

CSCsh44351

CSM multiple hostname matches failed to return multiple hosts

CSCsh41920

No warning for Invalid entry to Query maximum number of rows returned.

CSCsh35953

MARS unable to add similar named contexts from different fwsm

CSCsh29243

MARS Device Type label needs to reflect support for IOS 12.2 and later

CSCsh14454

server.log can grow unbounded with in a single day

CSCsh00013

Case Management: history does indicate change of ownership

CSCsg98026

pnlogagent causes acs log files to add (01) to file name

CSCsg91816

Query for ICMP port 0 shows UDP/TCP results

CSCsg82600

some syslog results in unknownDET with 'Activate

CSCsg80475

All incidents purged if event-session partition table is corrupted.

CSCsg79246

Getting a blank window when adding a device in IE 7

CSCsg76958

FR: Recognize either CIPS network variables or have CSMARS net variables

CSCsg75303

GC: If chose LC specific device in rule, it doesn't pass to LC correctly

CSCsg74922

MARS: License invalid after re-image from 3.4.3 to 4.2.2

CSCsg73786

Devices should not be added to MARS if Discovery is unsuccessful

CSCsg70386

SSL uses key less than 1024

CSCsg64119

rule's keyword editor treats NOT as binary rather than unary

CSCsg54313

ORA-01654: unable to extend index on MARS 200

CSCsg47022

CS-MARS - Incorrect Start Times on Retrieved Raw Message Files

CSCsg38029

high CPU usage in pnparser due to checkpoint NAT rules

CSCsg26352

Getting a internal server error when trying to access a incident on GC

CSCsg20987

CSMARS DTM sdf files are sent with invalid format

CSCsg20408

FW-6-SESS_AUDIT_TRAIL Parsing Error

CSCsg14082

Default query Changed in system defined report

CSCsg13767

SuperV doesn't detect/restart processes

CSCsg08166

Unable to discover ASA 7.0 Error:There is no Error Log for this Device

CSCsf99844

wrong values for current connections using CLI "show resource usage

CSCsf99767

provide encoding selection for adding agent to device/host

CSCsf96634

MARS cannot discover new route added to a router

CSCsf31228

Unknown device events for FWSM 3.1 FWSM-3-717001 till FWSM-4-717031

CSCsf31207

Mars doesn't support new/changed FWSM 3.1.3 maintenance release syslogs

CSCsf31121

Exception in Case Management code when deleting a report

CSCsf27568

keyword search query can't display big-5 encoding raw msg

CSCsf26715

Inaccuracy in per-context memory utilization for multi-context devices

CSCsf15781

Database table columns do not match with the archive file columns

CSCsf12825

GUI should prevent edit/delete of system-context PIX/ASA 7.0 devices

CSCsf11651

Device resource monitor incorrectly samples 5 sec CPU instead of 5 min

CSCsf06141

high CPU usage in pnparser sessionization

CSCsf06019

Generic Router UI must support multiple reporting applications

CSCse99039

Redundant tab add available module under Device type Cisco IOS 12.2

CSCse98029

Occasionally corrupted event data enters into MARS database

CSCse91636

MARS - not all columns seen in CSV reports generated using custom column

CSCse85972

Unresolved symbol in Java build (though didnot stop building)

CSCse82042

Change the Device Type Version for FWSM

CSCse82022

Unable to view reports starting with #sign in csv format

CSCse82017

View HTML option for reports turns back to default report format - csv

CSCse78738

FWSM ifspeed incorrectly reported as 0 for per-context vlan interfaces

CSCse78089

Unable to upgrade CS-Mars via GUI

CSCse54976

Some incidents are not written to DB

CSCse54808

The time stamp shown by the pndbusage command is incorrect.

CSCse51642

IPlanet Unknown Device Event Type Parsing Error

CSCse45884

LLV query causes client CPU to go to 100%

CSCse42953

CS-Mars - unable to show L2 path when source and destination in same net

CSCse38565

CSV-Re-importing Symantec AV client CSV doesn't work

CSCse38356

Windows pulling gets stuck for one IP due to invalid content in evt log

CSCse35758

Inability to trace when first and last event occurred on a query

CSCse34600

configurable SNMP timeout support

CSCse34407

Query Tab -> Multi column query returns wrong results.

CSCse33688

No Event Types listed under Cisco Switch-IOS 12.2

CSCse33172

Invalid id used in DbClient::retrieve() 0

CSCse31722

Cloud toggle only works on first page of reporting devices

CSCse27948

pink box when do query - ORA-01555: snapshot too old exception

CSCse18816

UI takes 99% CPU, hanging browser and slowing system while expanding all

CSCse17936

5K Lines Custom Query fails

CSCse13038

CS-Mars - learning of McAfee agents with invalid names

CSCse10945

Summary Page Graphs Spontaneously Change Displayed Size (w/ multi-head)

CSCse09127

Failed load from csv returns incorrect status

CSCse03237

Changes made to GC network groups are not propagated to active LC rules

CSCse03097

CheckPoint LEA record comes to MARS later and later

CSCse00626

IP Management -> device group displays hosts only.

CSCsd95582

Both successful/failed mitigation reports show same results

CSCsd92916

CS MARS - Raw Ip Addresses in Custom Query email have incomplete URL

CSCsd90181

increasing pnrestore robustness

CSCsd89457

Incorrect handling of time range for rules that fire periodically.

CSCsd86896

Clicking the clear button when editing the query type doesn't work.

CSCsd84350

CS-MARS/CSM: Credentials change on CSM side not checked.

CSCsd74681

OS 4.0: FlexLM License

CSCsd61749

pnrestore doesn't restore all of the system config

CSCsd15695

Summary dashboard showing incorrect statistics for false positives

CSCsd13969

resetting italics for GUI links

CSCsd06302

device name with single quote causes pink box

CSCsc97963

Netscreen logical interfaces (vlan intf) not discovered

CSCsc95831

log messages of MARS processes stopped being written into backend log

CSCsc90480

MARS Incident notification options are not configurable

CSCsc78878

snort signature 2570 incorrectly mapped

CSCsc59363

Need improvement to GUI for multi-line rules

CSCsc42396

CS-MARS Viewing IP of grouped sessions throws Exception, no Time var

CSCsc15590

MARS not including all events in a report, query returns events fine

CSCsc04484

LC Rule/Report list shows empty after deletion of GC group

CSCsb80082

Deleting a LC w/o exchanging certificates doesn't set mode to Standalone

CSCsb77550

CSV-re import of CSA and Symantec agents unsuccessful

CSCsb67871

Got System Error In GC After Re-installed New Version In LC

CSCpn03057

Copied rules have shortened year in front, which is confusing (ex. 0

CSCpn03052

JBoss 'OutOfMemoryError ' when accessing Management/Event Management

CSCpn02976

GC:LC - Communication issues after time zone change

CSCpn02973

Not able to downgrade a security analyst to Notification only user

CSCpn02968

Network group search is not working for "All IP addresses

CSCpn02901

GC/LC, rule does not display user <cxu> but allows such cfg

CSCpn02883

Event management search works only for event description

CSCpn02869

Rules editing: changing entry for select window pulldown after error

CSCpn02804

Replay History feature not working correctly

CSCpn02688

GC/LC: gc lc displayed diff time rage for the same global report

CSCpn02666

Batch Query Results with one item returned -> no data in graph in em

CSCpn02656

System error occurs when # of java connections runs out

CSCpn02653

No way to specify "!Keyword" without a good "keyword

CSCpn02574

Time change on system causes GC/LC communication problem

CSCpn02566

rebooting mars while it is upgrading cause the box not accessible

CSCpn02558

"Agent" didn't be removed correctly

CSCpn02549

JavaScript Error from ViewReport when clicking Edit/Clear

CSCpn02511

need to fix errors in affected os

CSCpn02470

Server csv function could not handle special characters in password

CSCpn02414

GC/LC user rule is too long to fit into a page if keyword is long

CSCpn02410

rule was not fired because Oracle log used upper case for user

CSCpn02398

XML escaping errors in Keyword Search in Rule

CSCpn02385

Applied $TARGET01 for GC Query Source IP resulted in "resultCounter

CSCpn02383

IIS parsing must be separated from Windows log

CSCpn02251

License: Upon entry of 100 license onto 100e, need to restart pnpars

CSCpn02177

Docs: Filesystem Check after 22 reboots

CSCpn02061

Saving .csv files under WinXP SP2 results in .htm extension

CSCpn02011

discovery for special passwd 1"1 failed

CSCpn01489

BQ: Query summary doesn't mention "severity" if it's a criterion

CSCpn01438

Batch Query: Under high load, some batch queries may not complete

CSCpn01398

Unable to shutdown an interface

CSCpn01382

Security device type hosts don't show up in IP management

CSCpn01319

pnreset command does not cause reboot

CSCpn01219

Cleanup script for invalid /etc/qpage.conf entries

CSCpn01134

Cloud name input box accepts invalid characters

CSCpn01051

Browser: Open non-supported browser to MARS causes other browsers to

CSCpn01045

Archiving: Need better error message

CSCpn00908

"Domain" in Configuration page - no use

CSCpn00586

nasl message text needs to be changed

CSCpn00455

Graph doesn't refresh when a cloud is renamed

CSCpn00293

using TAB in editing fields

CSCpn00212

Graphgen crashes when there are many non-existent devices

CSCpn00183

Adding devices w/o "Activate" can cause "messy" graph

CSCpn00173

Nessus should check pre-NAT address instead of Post-NAT address

CSCpn00166

Inconsistent behavior for "ANY" in Rules and Queries

CSCpn00146

Report names that differ by only slashes or dashes conflict


Resolved Caveats - Release 4.3.1

The following customer found or previously release noted caveats have been resolved in this release.

Reference Number
Description

CSCsk41641

5 nasl scripts' references need to be removed from bigfiles

CSCsk37063

LLV Query Resume button does nothing

CSCsk35202

unable to modify IP address

CSCsk33730

eth0 and eth1 not setup - after upgrade from 4.2.8 to 4.3.1.2585

CSCsk12572

Datawork merge from 4.2.8 to BOOTES(4.3.1)

CSCsk12317

IPS signature status incorrect

CSCsk12130

Editing system rules before upgrading can cause LC/GC sync problems

CSCsk02952

High rate events/netflows with large topo can be dropped on an activate

CSCsj98279

IPS Autoupdate CCO URL

CSCsj86127

Merge issue with datawork in 4.3.1/5.3.1 branch

CSCsj83596

Restore and migration for GC failed, one extra data field needed.

CSCsj81545

Netflow processing has an unnecessary STL call that uses 20% CPU

CSCsj73189

IOS and IPS certificates aren't deleted when the device is deleted

CSCsj63436

IPS Signature Download From CCO failed

CSCsj55791

ACS device type not showing up

CSCsj55344

Pink box on the Batch query page

CSCsj54055

GUI doesn't prompt for different/new CSM SSL cert

CSCsj53807

Wrong results for event filter != 'ET group' in scheduled reports/LLV

CSCsj52468

Parsing not happening for Materialized events of Oracle 10g

CSCsj51496

Scheduled Report of Rpt Device Type Ranking generate empty result

CSCsj47615

Mars is unable to retrieve logs from CheckPoint NGX CLMs

CSCsj46242

System report "Spyware -Top Hosts" has wrong query

CSCsj46089

parsing error for pix/asa 302003 , 302004

CSCsj45065

linux events from syslog-ng are seen as generic event type on MARS

CSCsj44151

Need to remove replicated system data from the GC

CSCsj44134

jboss stopped after mode 3 pnrestore

CSCsj44116

after mode 3 restore, user needs to re-type licens keys

CSCsj43393

Getting "Unknown character = (35|#)" as first line while exec cmd in pn

CSCsj42390

enh: trim leading/trailing spaces in reported user, wksn, domain names

CSCsj40715

Report results could be delayed in synchronizing between LC and GC

CSCsj39347

pnrestore stopped because SQL Loader cannot continue

CSCsj39346

pnrestore purged ES data in wrong partition when DB is full

CSCsj38610

CSMARS stopped receiving alarms after changing time on sensor

CSCsj33016

Timeout feature is not working as expected.

CSCsj29432

need to purge inactivated report data

CSCsj29192

Dates lost in the duplicated report

CSCsj23003

Event Type Info contains invalid characters

CSCsj22964

PnExport All Job Does not Stop All processes

CSCsj22950

Deleted Report should be removed from the available reports list

CSCsj22660

GC: Pink box when compose a batch query with filter

CSCsj20953

'printsb' prints wrong shared buffer "jump counts

CSCsj19220

Unable to download signature files when a proxy is configured

CSCsj18798

Trigger Packet not parsed correctly in ips 6.0 events

CSCsj18753

MARS not parsing source ip, dest ip from 6.0 ips event

CSCsj18388

Apostrophe character in IP Range/Network Name field causes MSIE to hang.

CSCsj16584

GC: Notification user cannot be added

CSCsj16089

Event 103006 and 103007 of FWSM 3.1.5 not handled properly

CSCsj15714

Collect topology/configuration information in logs for debugging

CSCsj15236

Top Rule Fired report is missing in the Summary page.

CSCsj15204

Pink box when the deleted report is re-add

CSCsj14215

Unable to add ASA 7.0/ASA 7.0 in MARS with Version 4.3.1.2493

CSCsj13655

Pnparser doesn't use the new SNMP trap port changed in janus.conf

CSCsj11768

Add Info level logging for debugging topo synchronization

CSCsj11759

Some reports do not generate email alerts

CSCsj11689

errors thrown when archive data to NFS share on a NetApp

CSCsj11201

pnparser: avoid flooding log when errors occur in parsing SNMP traps

CSCsj09479

superV should cause processes to dump a backtrace before restarting them

CSCsj07565

Increase shared buffer stall thresholds from 2 mins to 5 mins

CSCsj07526

The maximum size for an internal netflow queue is too large

CSCsj07275

Incorrect mapping of an attempted ftp login event

CSCsj06461

Web server log events do not update the received event count

CSCsj02153

cannot add nm-cids module to ios router

CSCsj00904

Cannot change versions on IPS devices

CSCsi98818

pn_agent.agent_subtype not getting set for IPS 5.x modules of ASA

CSCsi98607

if AAA server is not reachable, user accounts never lock up

CSCsi98592

Print netflow capacity drop event information in janus_log as well

CSCsi95117

changes needed in areas for introduce of report status=64

CSCsi95086

report deletion design changes

CSCsi94282

reports can have the same names with diffs on extra blank spaces

CSCsi94202

Upgrade doesn't update log_server or log_client

CSCsi91936

remove index rebuild from upgrade

CSCsi91755

Admin Tab : Raw message retrieval performance improvements

CSCsi91644

Batch query for maximum rank return set to 100 shows 5000 results.

CSCsi89028

Support for FWSM 3.1.5

CSCsi86351

superV falsely restarted pnparser when timestamp file got removed

CSCsi84817

MARS 4.2.5 - not categorising Windows Security event ID 672 properly

CSCsi82960

Add Oracle RDA tool into system image

CSCsi82387

System Error after deleting NetG referenced by a Rule

CSCsi80781

Priority field incorrectly updated for an existing event type

CSCsi79438

Percentages in Summary page often add to 99%, not 100%

CSCsi79327

pnarchive disk low, migration could not finish for days

CSCsi79105

export data job fails to finish

CSCsi77859

IDS3.1 needs to be removed from GUI

CSCsi77753

Improper grammer in error message

CSCsi77558

ET exists without DET

CSCsi77501

Audit Log transactions for NetG change failing at LC

CSCsi75622

Enh: LC dramatic perf improvement for false pos if many devices

CSCsi74080

correct the debug log levels for certain syslog relay related messages

CSCsi73935

Last Updated time updates every time

CSCsi71511

http status 500 appears while clicking the incident on the summary page

CSCsi71176

When AAA is enabled, users can not change pnadmin email address

CSCsi70352

Sync LC will cause the GC IPs pushed back to the GC

CSCsi68698

Reported User GUI notification for GC rule is broken

CSCsi68051

GUI FTP upgrade fails due to incorrectly calling the CLI pnupgrade cmd

CSCsi65736

Getting error when clicked on Resume button

CSCsi65719

Able to see networks which are not part of valid network

CSCsi64918

Oracle 10g support

CSCsi64913

Snort 2.6 Support

CSCsi64679

Bootes: PIX7.2 8 syslogs have parsing error or unknown event

CSCsi64605

pnparser restarts frequently with sessionization turned on (default)

CSCsi64138

Upgrade/installation script needs to call post_cleanup.sql

CSCsi64090

parsing set wrong dest ports for some CheckPoint Generic Events

CSCsi60690

mars leaves open ips subscription after removing ips from gui

CSCsi60547

Long LC/GC disconnect leads to report sync problem

CSCsi60506

deletion of host/ip addr/iprange/network/network grp will affect report

CSCsi60491

delete devices will affect report if the report includes these devices

CSCsi60217

Sending report records and firing events from LC to GC is slow.

CSCsi60206

Should set protocol = tcp, dest port = 443 in GUI login event msg

CSCsi59191

too much IDS log flooding when doing performance testing

CSCsi57369

schema from_to scripts incorrect for autoupdate process

CSCsi57283

pn_audit_log is not restored

CSCsi54570

tzdata update for Turkey, Mongolia, Cuba, Resolute, Nunavut

CSCsi54469

pnrestore does not check gen1/gen2 SW version

CSCsi54350

mars restored archive data when start time is in the future

CSCsi54173

Signature package name is missing when download is failed

CSCsi52622

postfire lags behind due to doing large amount of NetBios name updating

CSCsi52495

Always Prompt for SSL cert, Test Conn removes IPS' Monitored Nets

CSCsi52093

"confirmation" field in the shared secret field for RADIUS

CSCsi52086

the syslog for "pnadmin" login should show "Local authentication

CSCsi51994

One system rule has wrong description

CSCsi50292

Cannot add mars 20r to gc

CSCsi49997

Attack Diagram - Large Graph issue

CSCsi48259

GC allows to suspend a LC in "Not Responding " state

CSCsi47531

IPS's "Test connectivity" doesn't discover the "Monitoring networks

CSCsi45619

Pink box when run NAC report on firing events

CSCsi45197

CLI: exclude option not working properly

CSCsi42780

GUI timeout feature is not working for the real time queries.

CSCsi42488

CF be archived daily regardless archiving is turned on or not

CSCsi42066

CLI: Inconsistent Output for syslogrelay list command .

CSCsi41173

If error occurs sending config change to LC, no other config sent

CSCsi39575

Extra word should not be shown from the GUI

CSCsi39264

Cannot Configure an IDSM Module to PULL IPS logs

CSCsi35209

Cannot Add IPS 5.x/6.x as a ASA module

CSCsi33474

documentation incorrectly says user rules can be deleted

CSCsi32777

Configuring many events in drop rule can cause pink box error

CSCsi31867

csips crashes due to memory corruption

CSCsi31569

csips process restarts very frequently

CSCsi31277

autoupdate process stopped on GC

CSCsi30271

system rule needs updating for new internal events due to syslog relay

CSCsi30169

GUI still asks password even GC has authentication set to AAA

CSCsi30168

BOOTES: Add AAA support on MARS

CSCsi30110

Exception happened when clicking details ... button

CSCsi29930

GUI: remove feedback in the GUI bottom

CSCsi29451

Different Version of LC-GC should be compatible

CSCsi28286

GC-LC upgrade to 4.2.4 resulted in Standalone display on LC

CSCsi27957

LC generats Software versions syslog even when GC-LC have same version

CSCsi27939

Post-Bootes Upgrade script error reporting

CSCsi27891

'hostname' command should update workstation in mars reported users

CSCsi26753

"Path/Mitigation" should be "N/A" for internal syslog msg

CSCsi24098

AAA auth user account locked message is inconsistent

CSCsi24077

Event "password remains default" is generated with wrong event type

CSCsi24013

ADMIN > Custom Setup > User Defined ... does not set subtab

CSCsi23326

Merge changes from 004.002(005) FCS build to the Bootes branch

CSCsi22877

wrong message is generated while doing non admin user unlock from GUI

CSCsi22689

wrong message is generated while CS_MARS failed to connect to AAA server

CSCsi22662

wrong message is generated while unlocking admin user from CLI

CSCsi21278

GC/LC does not time out with 15 minutes and 30 minutes setting

CSCsi19423

Bootes: Change Version doesn't work for ASA7.0/7.2

CSCsi19322

In AAA mode, password entry should be hided when new user added in GC

CSCsi19319

pnadmin's oracle setting incorrect

CSCsi19317

Bootes: sessionization for dynamic nat in ASA7.2 failed

CSCsi19227

Some reports/rules/queries match events outside specified IP ranges

CSCsi17782

Some OS/application setting not archived.

CSCsi15258

Accepting the collector, and source ip address as MARS ip address

CSCsi15246

Accespting the MARS IP address, 10.1.1.255 and loopback address as sourc

CSCsi15167

Accespting the MARS IP address and loopback address as source IP address

CSCsi14586

Mars generated syslogs with mars as source IP do not trigger incidents

CSCsi14027

Oracle process not shutdown properly on a reboot

CSCsi13353

Timezone Indiana-Pulaski County shows up as GMT in GUI

CSCsi13128

Timestamp wrong for syslog MARS-2-350052

CSCsi12240

Pink box on Summary page of GC when cases are active

CSCsi11225

pn_report_group2report is not included in cf archive (and should be)

CSCsi11020

pnrestore took more than 2 hours to restore one report result archive

CSCsi10795

MARS didn't pull syslog from generic window

CSCsi10692

FWSM2.3: protocol is missing for FWSM-6-106025

CSCsi08897

CS-MARS - CLI may display incorrect timezone after 03/11/07 DST change.

CSCsi08151

Incidents should not be pushed to GC when LC/GC has incompatible version

CSCsi08144

No syslog generated when network cable is unpluged from GC

CSCsi07719

pnlog packaging should be more error resilient during 'pnlog mailto

CSCsi07641

Allow cloning of reports to allow more rapid report creation

CSCsi07236

connectivity test failed even microsoft IAS configuration is correct

CSCsi07175

Erroneous install/deployment gets wrong error messages

CSCsi07165

Login failure window has misleading link name

CSCsi06257

timeout feature does not work properly while it sets to be 30 & 60

CSCsi06130

GUI timed out too quickly in query page

CSCsi04404

auto-update required during data import process

CSCsi04306

need to add CPU check for csips, csiosips, and cswin

CSCsi03807

Make DB Changes for IPS Signature Autoupdate

CSCsi03686

CS-MARS - HTML/XML tags are not escaped when displaying packet context

CSCsi02718

Checkpoint module removal triggered AAA

CSCsi02638

Need to implement deleteCmd in DBAPI class DbEventType2App.java

CSCsi00963

CS-MARS Archiving Causes pidof[xxxxx] Messages to Appear on Monitor

CSCsi00683

CSA Administrative events not parsed by CS-MARS

CSCsi00493

Implement IPS Dynamic signature support

CSCsh99201

MARS-Scheduled ranking report with ACTION filter produces empty results

CSCsh95942

data migration from Gen1 to Gen2

CSCsh95924

PIX/ASA 7.2 support in MARS

CSCsh95836

Add utility SQL scripts to installation for customer support

CSCsh93759

Rules/reports with large queries not working

CSCsh93364

Creating a Case gets (harmless) ClassNotFoundException in JBOSS log

CSCsh93354

BOOTES: compiler optimization for pix 7.2 parser used up memory, stopped

CSCsh89885

Mitigation command not display properly in 4.2.4

CSCsh88897

race condition in pnparser triage handling caused syslog processing stop

CSCsh88639

Add DB utility methods (log, long running query stats...)

CSCsh85870

Admin->Maintenance->Retreive Raw Message causes out of memory error

CSCsh83470

DB function to convert unix time to readable string for convenience

CSCsh83184

Device added as an Enterasys Dragon 6 does not show in Full Topology map

CSCsh83068

Report and query return no results under device type ANY

CSCsh82764

GC: Device-related Interface data left in DB after LC deleted

CSCsh80210

Generate locking and unlocking events.

CSCsh78668

Extra ';' following '>' in keyword query result

CSCsh78439

Gc to LC: edited user rule not in rule group when passed to LC

CSCsh77508

MARS is not displaying CSM icon for access-list syslog with severity 0

CSCsh77146

Do not delete LC certificate from the GC when the zone is deleted

CSCsh75216

InLine multiColumn query case attachment Fails

CSCsh72929

OutOfMemoryError/Bad performance in RULES/QUERY- large configuration

CSCsh71637

re-add a deleted CSA console may cause the submit page hang

CSCsh69765

CLI date/time/ntp commands should reboot if time change exceeds 30 mins

CSCsh68717

GUI Should change: Cisco ACS --> Cisco Secure ACS

CSCsh68503

ISS SNMP trap: need to parse another format for ICMP type/code fields

CSCsh68397

pnstatus hostname mismatch says protego networks should say Cisco

CSCsh68374

Need to update Oracle shared_pool_size to match recommended settings

CSCsh67287

t_semaphore class not thread safe

CSCsh60413

LC pulls data very slow when encountering DbException

CSCsh60184

4.3.1 and 5.3.1 should include the update /usr/bin/tzselect script

CSCsh59873

Copyright in GUI is inconsistent in format - 2 lines to fix

CSCsh58561

ADMIN > System Parameters pages have easy-to-fix heading problems

CSCsh58518

Many ADMIN sub-windows have easy-to-fix vertical alignment issue

CSCsh57236

Unknown Reporting Device was missing on GC's DB pn_device table

CSCsh56931

Rule engine fires only once if only SAME is present in any column

CSCsh56499

Mars should learn FWSM dynamic nat from syslog for sessionization

CSCsh56259

pnarchive - CF production blocked, failing silently

CSCsh55172

GC: Networks changed while LC deleted not correct after LC re-added

CSCsh54239

GC/LC pull and push servlets call CheckBoxInfo to check license every 30

CSCsh52614

Scheduler process creates extra audit log records for login

CSCsh52443

Invalid syslog message generated while upgrading through GUI

CSCsh51271

GC is unable to update LC's device name under admin/LC management

CSCsh50446

parsing error for PIX-6-113015

CSCsh49009

Duplicated GC and LC networks not displayed in fixed order on the LC

CSCsh48988

IP groups not displayed in order

CSCsh47461

'Details' button does not return

CSCsh46958

pnparser does not clean up Oracle device map when it receives db Change

CSCsh46868

Custom column query not returning data

CSCsh46448

Agent list of a device not displayed in order

CSCsh46445

The device type list of a device not displayed in order

CSCsh46428

Available hosts list not display in order when adding agents to CSA

CSCsh46424

User group list not displayed in order

CSCsh46417

User list not displayed in order on LC

CSCsh46401

Service groups not displayed in order

CSCsh46387

Device Event IDs not displayed in order

CSCsh46183

GC - Should put up error when select details for "Non Responding" LC

CSCsh45922

archive/restore - ranged restore fails to fully preserve identity

CSCsh45675

Pink box on GC device page

CSCsh45564

PIX/ASA 7.2 messages 415001 to 415020 needs rewriting for parsing code

CSCsh44548

GC does not appear to update LC status

CSCsh44179

Connection Errors cause inability to select zone in incident/rule edit

CSCsh43998

system ctx for PIX/ASA 7.0 discovered as vesion 7.2

CSCsh43845

IP management GUI: User can add VA Service to a host

CSCsh42151

GUI Summary pg shows #events < #sessions & negative data reduction rate

CSCsh41594

LC is not moved from the GC after it is deleted

CSCsh40743

pink box when doing real time query and click access rule icon

CSCsh40698

VPN GroupName and Username disappeared from its raw event message

CSCsh40475

Custom GC Error display when comm to LC fails - DISA requested feature

CSCsh39200

MARS charts only display the data for few days

CSCsh38818

GC-LC upgrade 4.2.2->4.2.3 results in inverted online-offline status

CSCsh38491

Duplicate entries in 5-bigFile.txt

CSCsh36021

Need to distinguish between CSA versions on GUI

CSCsh35130

Cancel edit removes Enterasys/NS IDP Server and sensors from device list

CSCsh34170

Change/Modify report needs to purge existing reports

CSCsh32558

custom column query: for acs event log, reported user is missing

CSCsh31253

Rules can't be edited after upgrade from 4.1.5 to 4.2.3

CSCsh27882

Database Client: Debug Logging leads to incomplete scheduled discovery

CSCsh27853

Report results for a 10 minute window is dropped on an 'activate

CSCsh23983

DbExportFile not working

CSCsh22871

User can create a device named ANY

CSCsh20815

In GUI new SSL/SSH Settings window has wrong sub-tab highlighted

CSCsh20677

Qualys: Discovery failed syslog from C++ backend needs to be suppressed

CSCsh20219

Confirmed user false positive query error java.lang.NullPointerException

CSCsh19644

Get browser error when select to add a new host

CSCsh18265

null drop rule causes parse error in the GUI

CSCsh14075

scheduler-service.xml.contrib present in deploy directory

CSCsh14070

CS-Mars - Microsoft Misspelled in VA section

CSCsh13261

syslog related to upgrade through GUI sends invalid syslog messg

CSCsh13253

syslog related to upgrade server missing

CSCsh11027

clicking 'next' button for IOS hangs up on GC

CSCsh11012

Security issue with devices and logging

CSCsh06027

CS-MARS - DataBase file retrieval hyperlink uses wrong timestamp

CSCsh02908

The order of backend processes change randomly when setting log level

CSCsh02885

Cannot set GUI logging level to Trace

CSCsh02501

Query page text boxes should truncate input

CSCsh01636

JDBC update to ojdbc14.jar

CSCsh01620

The javaDbTool did not handle NULL value dump correctly.

CSCsh00199

Cannot add service/application to a host's vulnerability accessment info

CSCsg99611

CS-MARS - Radio buttons are confusing on Retrieve Raw Messages page

CSCsg98826

LC interfaces are missed in the All IP Address list on GC

CSCsg98822

A device on GC( pushed from LC) is not deleted even after deleting LC

CSCsg98622

Incidents ready to fire are discarded on clicking 'Activate

CSCsg98574

pnsuperv not working properly

CSCsg94880

GC Pink box when doing keyword search on GC

CSCsg93242

Allow customization to 15-minute session timeout setting

CSCsg93235

zone_id of Unknown Reporting Device on GC is not correct

CSCsg91976

Need to update Cisco logo and copyright year

CSCsg89582

Multiple Agents ( ISS RealSecure 6.5 and Cisco CSA )on same host fails

CSCsg88644

recent connection in ui report is much higher than snmpwalk value

CSCsg87864

Recent average percentage for memory just is only half of actual value

CSCsg86481

CS-MARS parsing error for ASA7.0 msg 302018

CSCsg86370

FR: MARS should support CSA 5.x

CSCsg83055

parsing error for FWSM-n-302003 and FWSM-n-302004

CSCsg80661

memory percentage is over 100% in UI report

CSCsg77577

incorrect resource utilization for concurrent conn

CSCsg77339

auriga-2: Windows pull not work on build 2359

CSCsg76793

Suspended LC still communicates with GC

CSCsg73843

GC - Unable to change configuration information (email IP) from GUI

CSCsg73590

Changing status of user confirmed positive type incident yeilds pink box

CSCsg71475

Submitting Unconf. FP Firing Event only query generates system error.

CSCsg69859

SNMP Layer 2 Discovery Error, when community string has been corrected.

CSCsg67502

Incident->False Positive note is grammatically incorrect

CSCsg66801

Activity: All Events and NetFlow report chart is missing on summary page

CSCsg66099

Devices from deleted LC should be removed from the GC

CSCsg64986

Custom column query - got pink box if chose a rule as a filter

CSCsg64951

Certain ASA 7.0 syslogs do not get parsed by MARS

CSCsg64704

DNS wasn't configured correctly,Pausing event processing for 40 seconds

CSCsg64254

Add SiteProtector support in MARS

CSCsg64243

GC - Path Link to inactive LC in incident displays error

CSCsg64135

5000Line_InlineQueryAsBatchEventSessionNon5K returns <or> than defined

CSCsg61262

no page title for adding intruvert sensor

CSCsg60114

System error when generating NAC report

CSCsg59538

GC and LC Summary Pages - Data Reduction shows negative percentage

CSCsg54313

ORA-01654: unable to extend index on MARS 200

CSCsg53084

MARS - WebVPN ACL Parse error event fires on incorrect syslog

CSCsg50811

DTM Notification allows user to add without recipient

CSCsg49567

Admin/Retrieve Rawmsgs: some events appear twice

CSCsg44725

need to downgrade log level of CSA snmp trap errors in backend log

CSCsg44578

need to add CheckPoint NGX R61 support in MARS BOOTES release

CSCsg44273

Native syslog relay support in BOOTES release

CSCsg42639

Single quote in variables or host name text box causes browser to hang

CSCsg41549

MARS discovery issues with Loopback IP on IP Unnumbered interfaces.

CSCsg41027

MARS - Retrieve Raw Messages Fails at 0%

CSCsg39552

Certain FWSM 2.3 syslogs give parsing errors/unknown event type in 4.2.2

CSCsg37886

error log exception when user_id is 201 (with Case Management)

CSCsg35110

Entering a zone name with a / gives errors when importing the ssl cert

CSCsg33636

PIX/ASA version above 7.0 need to be treated the same way

CSCsg30013

windows pull watchdog sometimes restarts all MARS proc

CSCsg26225

Graphs/Images do not show up in case related report emails

CSCsg25306

CS-MARS should support EMBLEM format of syslog

CSCsg23483

device_monitor does not load device utilization history on startup

CSCsg20514

Mars backend processes need to save backtraces on a crash for debugging

CSCsg16843

MARS reporting misleading licensing problem while trying to add a LC.

CSCsg12475

pnarchiver crashed because of extra files under /pnarchvie/CF directory

CSCsg10787

CatOS telnet discovery failing.

CSCsg05143

Button functions on zone config page should be restricted

CSCsg04079

Lotus Notes client gets JavaScript error with emailed MARS report

CSCsg03167

8 unknown event type CatOS events

CSCsg02749

custom column report generates empty results

CSCsf30116

Event Rate on the Top Destination Port graph is not correct

CSCsf27617

pnparser enhancement - custom parser to expand three more user fields

CSCsf18686

4.3.1 branch ES/RM file numbers don't match

CSCsf18192

Slow rendering of the GC/LC Summary page

CSCsf18175

CS-Mars-4.2.x LC online user guide bad hyperlinks to 4.1.x LC user guide

CSCsf18147

CS-Mars-4.2.x LC online user guide bad hyperlinks to 4.2.x GC user guide

CSCsf11222

Sort encoding values in the Encoding dropdown

CSCsf11055

CC: GUI and CLI allow different password lengths - should be same

CSCsf06819

vulnerabilities not updated for hosts reported by deleted eEye console

CSCsf02072

GC-LC communication abnormal after running long time

CSCse98046

need to improve db partition rotation strategy

CSCse95493

Hard Drive Notification Sender Address Uses protegonetworks.com

CSCse95048

dragon device not retrieved by pnparser

CSCse94284

User created reports do not work

CSCse91029

MARS 4.3: Devices created from GUI are not retrieved to pnparser

CSCse89538

4.3 merge: pnids40_srv, pnids50_srv and pniosips_srv are not copied

CSCse88764

can't access a ftp server with a user ID/password including @

CSCse86087

csmars4.3 - Failed adding LC to GC

CSCse85953

pnarchive doesn't archive the /etc/motd file

CSCse85884

PNDB creation scripts not fit in new schema

CSCse85564

Cannot add devices to a report which has more than 35 devices.

CSCse84962

eEye: MARS does not remove resolved vulnerabilities from host info

CSCse84945

eEye: imported vulnerabilities that are unknown should be flagged

CSCse84746

in mars4.3 data delayed 20 min when written data from sharedbuffer to DB

CSCse73868

pnrestore command should support end-time argument in the command line

CSCse73788

MARS rediscovers Juniper Netscreen firewalls with wrong OS

CSCse68056

Can't chage the GUI logging Level to trace

CSCse66656

create utility to change an LC to standalone mode

CSCse60240

CS-Mars - report for old events include real-time events

CSCse57955

CS-Mars showing unknown parsing error for Netscreen 5.0 events

CSCse56632

Browser hangs if a device is added with more than 50 monitored networks

CSCse56430

Enhancement: Save release binaries with debug symbols for debuggability

CSCse55186

remove 'stitch' code handling multiple PnEvent blocks in IPS/IDS code

CSCse53870

Change Protego OS string to reflect Cisco

CSCse53856

Got "Error on page" when displaying packet data from IDS device

CSCse52782

Can't change run-time to day in "Resource Issues: Server - Top Reporting

CSCse52761

The sender of disk failure notification email is <protego-support>

CSCse49863

the default user is not pnadmin when deleting a case owner

CSCse47519

Traffic Event is not parsing for Netscreen FW4.0 & 5.0

CSCse47244

cpu utilization value greater then 100% on a single CPU ios router

CSCse46299

Entercept Events will be unknown device event type when host OS=solaris

CSCse45018

MARS is unable to parse NetScreen 5.x syslogs

CSCse44601

java.lang.NumberFormatException : User Management screen

CSCse44345

readWebLogThread in pnparser spins if servlet socket disconnects

CSCse40904

Save As report button not enabled.

CSCse39426

frequent superV & pnparser restarts cause log processing to fail

CSCse38615

Bucket_size field in pn_report_result table is negative

CSCse35420

Interface error rate should be separate from discards and unknown protos

CSCse34216

CPU utilization report numbers on UI doesn't match the SNMP query

CSCse32591

dealing with duplicate hostnames in VA import

CSCse26964

CatOS Syslog %SYS-4-P2_WARN not parsed correctly by MARS

CSCse24391

parsing error for PIX, ASA: PIX-6-607001

CSCse23191

Disable 'No Pager' cmd sent by MARS to PIX, ASA, FWSM firewalls

CSCse23176

MARS Global Controller not producing alerts when losing LC communication

CSCse23051

viewing report of query type of MAC addresses report got pink box

CSCse22838

can't find priority for CSA NT-Event-Log events

CSCse22824

CS-Mars - device_monitor: change resource not found log level to debug

CSCse21626

Clicking activate is not taking effect

CSCse20684

CSM: Test connectivity View Error message "Not Found

CSCse20290

Ciscoization - system os load screen still shows "Protego OS

CSCse20285

Ciscoization - system cli banner still show "Protego MARS

CSCse19198

Device Cnf: Changes in Mail Gateway IP doesn't reflect Report/ Notif

CSCse18240

DOC: cs-mars doesn't handle vpn paths

CSCse16058

CS-Mars Inactivate a system rule from GC cannot be displayed correctly

CSCse12512

Missing CSM policy query icon for events with destIP 255.255.255.255

CSCse11258

After group is deleted, items under "All" group not shown

CSCse07425

JVM is using up to 1.5 GB on a GC or LC

CSCse03134

More control is needed over retrieve raw messages and cleanup

CSCse01877

It takes more than 2 minutes to open ip management (network) page

CSCse00417

Incorrect name for system report 'Attacks: All - Top Rules Fired

CSCsd95535

Sentence for suggested migitation cmd is incorrect (extreme)

CSCsd94152

It takes more than 5 minutes to open the schedule discover page

CSCsd92922

deleteing item in sources available list got pink box

CSCsd92285

Security Dev Edit page does not check for existing IP address conflict

CSCsd88284

optimizing incident inserts in DbIncidentLoaderSrv

CSCsd84094

using rules in query/report definitions

CSCsd74283

changing report-result retention limit

CSCsd73486

Mars: Not able to recognize the event type for ISAKMP and IPSec messages

CSCsd69137

Default Group in Scheduler need to be made to Run On Demand

CSCsd69063

Reported User with single-quote (') causes oracle error

CSCsd64438

pnparser crashed at 2.5k/s for relayed syslog and stops receiving events

CSCsd56311

MARS sslcert keytool error: java.io.IOException: Incorrect AVA format

CSCsd53173

Retrieve raw messages doesn't properly update the progress percentage

CSCsd48544

port 8444 required for GC/LC communication

CSCsd48097

Event processing may stop if pnparser creates shared buffers first

CSCsd45441

unknown reporting IP: 127.0.0.1 from checkpoint

CSCsd37005

user must be able to change own password

CSCsd28382

error in data work for event type 6000512 : "Virus - Possible pif Worm

CSCsd22832

Attempt to remove IP subnet from IP Management fails, with error

CSCsd20196

User and System Scheduled Reports fail to display data

CSCsd14107

SMS alert documentation specifies improper field format.

CSCsd06811

DOC - LC 4.1 Figure 16-20 incorrect

CSCsd04931

Archiving shows some error logs in the janus_log file

CSCsc91572

Multiple target ports in IDS event show up as 'port 0' in query

CSCsc87501

if set IP address to 0.0.0.0 box trying to reboot

CSCsc73832

Drop rule inactive for events received by netflow in CS-MARS

CSCsc70982

change the button string on the false/positive column to "Tune

CSCsc70832

SNMP Device Discovery should identify ASA device

CSCsc66267

Oracle User name in the reported user field of MARS

CSCsc58485

5 tuple information missing from downloaded raw log file

CSCsc47210

inline process srv could crash

CSCsc38389

Bookmarks in Mars 4.1.1 Local User Guide don't show chapter names.

CSCsc32363

Documentation request GC LC communication troubleshooting

CSCsc30107

Cs-Mars - Queries with != in service column don't work

CSCsc27856

FR - CS-Mars - multiple email addresses for email case button

CSCsc26340

'occured' misspelled in MARS e-mail alerts

CSCsc24955

ISS Site Protector central server log's are not supported by MARS

CSCsc12091

System Error When Clicking on Dynamic Info From False Positives Page

CSCsc10453

Show resolved host name in report if device was not found in system

CSCsc07741

If Viewing closed Case, then do refresh, get an email sent

CSCsc07377

Dynamic Info page on mitigation shows ip addess as -1.-1.-1.-1

CSCsc04637

Closing a Case does not deselect it

CSCsc02847

Rule disappears from its group after edited in its Inactive status

CSCsc01793

GUI logging levels is not changed correctly

CSCsb85297

GC/LC Query with manual refresh can get pink box

CSCsb60747

Ciscoization - GC zone models aren't Cisco-ized

CSCsb60283

'Matched Incident Ranking' result format shows as having 'real time' opt

CSCsb57624

Unknown report device in Checkpoint log

CSCsb55704

LC Certificate Mis-placed in GC after a new LC added

CSCsb44374

FWSM's access was not displayed on the security info page

CSCsb43627

Source IP address is not correct for a VPN3K event

CSCsb39208

Unrecognized Traps from McAfee EPO

CSCpn03077

GC, sys error when adding a LC which was added to GC already

CSCpn03053

GUI log level setting is not working as expected

CSCpn03005

Loading Resource Util report as On-Demand query produces a system error

CSCpn02930

Error message when adding non-existent LC to GC is incorrect

CSCpn02892

Licensing: Inputting valid LC license onto GC allows the user to run

CSCpn02693

6MB mem leak in process_event_srv after each activate

CSCpn02590

In summary page, data reduction shows 100% when it should be 0%

CSCpn02511

need to fix errors in affected os

CSCpn01934

Back button is missing in logging level/log/audit trail pages

CSCpn01465

Reports: have "View", "Add" etc. buttons at top of page

CSCpn01317

More data expected when populating pn_application table

CSCpn01293

Host OS listing needs cleaning

CSCpn00887

Summary: Inconsistent title bar naming convention for the Summary Pa

CSCpn00845

Editing service to become ICMP w/o ICMP code -> no change


Resolved Caveats - Releases Prior to 4.3.1

For the list of caveats resolved in releases prior to this one, see the following documents:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6241/prod_release_notes_list.html

Product Documentation

For the complete list of documents supporting this release, see the release-specific document roadmap:

Cisco Secure MARS Documentation Guide and Warranty

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6241/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html

Lists document set that supports the MARS release and summarizes contents of each document.

For general product information, see:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mars

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html