cxs

New cxs v4.16

Changes:

  • Updated POD to reflect –[no]fallback being disabled by default
  • Changed default value of –Wsymlinkmax to 1000
  • Changed default value of –Wsymlinksec to 10
  • Added performance note about using –Wsymlink [script] to POD
  • Modified cxswatch restart routine to run /etc/cxs/cxswatch.sh directly
  • Modified cxswatch to more quickly detect restart requests on busy systems
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.15

Changes:

  • Memory usage improvements and general speedups
  • Added the ability to use negative –options [-][], i.e. the default list of options is used apart from those listed when prefixed with a minus
  • –[no]fallback now defaults to –nofallback due to performance concerns which should be noted before enabling the option
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.14

Changes:

  • Force cxs into a detached process if running –upgrade as a CRON job to fix upgrade hanging issue

 

New cxs v4.13

Changes:

  • Significant speedups in regex (up to 300% faster) and FP matching
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.12

Changes:

  • Code regression to prevent overloading update server during upgrades

 

New cxs v4.11

Changes:

  • New feature: –[no]fallback. If clamd produces an error or is unavailable after a scan starts, this option will attempt to use clamscan to scan files until clamd is available again. This option is enabled by default
  • Additional minor updates to the POD documentation
  • Modify cxsdaily.sh to fork jobs to prevent hanging on new installs
  • Added timeout (5 mins) to cxs upgrade routine
  • Improvements to –wttw [file]

 

New cxs v4.10

Changes:

  • Check file size against –sizemax [size] when using –wttw to ensure ignored files are not being submitted incorrectly
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.09

Changes:

  • UI Fixes and updates
  • Fixed issue with default perl binary on non-cPanel servers
  • Use raw UI plugin on DA servers when generating cxs commands/scans to overcome buffering issues
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.08

Changes:

  • Removed redundant v3 quarantine code
  • Removed displaying “i” during scan if file ignored as it is not particularly helpful
  • Updates to Piwik and ownCloud version detection
  • Form design elements added
  • Change to –sizemax [bytes] behaviour. In the past a file > [bytes] in size was ignored, now  the file will be scanned but only the initial [bytes] of the file will be scanned
  • Added decoding of octal as well as hex encoded characters for PHP scripts
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions

 

New cxs v4.07

Changes:

  • Display “i” during scan if file ignored due to sizemax [bytes] being exceeded
  • HTTP::Tiny upgraded to v0.039
  • Translate ampersand for HTML output
  • Fixed cxs UI not adding files to the ignore file after using the Ignore link
  • Additional checks for ignore, xtra and new detections updates for cxs watch daemon to reload the relevant files if necessary
  • Exploit fingerprint definitions database additions