New OPNsense Release

OPNsense 17.7.9 released


Hi all,

Today a XSS vulnerability in the certificate manager is being fixed that is based on a crafted certificate being imported into the system. PHP was finally updated from 7.0 to 7.1 which should make things a bit faster. Last but not least, the HAProxy plugin by Frank Wall receives a major update for improved usability, several new features and two bug fixes.

Here are the full patch notes:

  • system: fix XSS with crafted certificates in certificate manager[1]
  • system: removed duplicated firmware privileges
  • system: fix resolving routes in diagnostics page
  • system: regenerated DH parameters
  • dhcp: support stateless DHCPv6
  • firmware: kernel and base set visibility and better API session handling
  • intrusion detection: improve download and install speed of et-open rules
  • intrusion detection: add TLS and HTTP logging in eve and alert log viewer
  • openvpn: allow remote network in peer to peer modes
  • web proxy: better service and API session handling
  • router advertisements: advertise on VIPs belonging to the same interface
  • configd: allow template overrides via optional target directory
  • mvc: prepare for use-based language setting (contributed by Alexander Shursha)
  • mvc: prepare for auto-generated page titles
  • mvc: tighten against frame-based attacks
  • mvc: correctly hide advanced option headers in forms (contributed by Evgeny Bevz)
  • ui: fix for deactivated storage in sticky “help all” toggle (contributed by Fabian Franz)
  • ui: make “advanced mode” sticky too
  • plugins: os-acme-client 1.12[2] (contributed by Frank Wall)
  • plugins: os-arp-scan (contributed by Giuseppe De Marco)
  • plugins: os-clamav 1.3 (contributed by Alexander Shursha)
  • plugins: os-dyndns 1.4 adds Route53 IPv6 support (contributed by Kuo-Cheng Yeu)
  • plugins: os-freeradius 1.3.1 (contributed by Michael Muenz)
  • plugins: os-haproxy 2.0[3] (contributed by Frank Wall)
  • plugins: os-relayd 1.2 fixes “check send” directive
  • plugins: os-tor 1.3 (contributed by Fabian Franz)
  • plugins: os-zabbix-agent 1.2 fixes service status indicator
  • plugins: os-zabbix-proxy 1.0 (contributed by Michael Muenz)
  • ports: ca_root_nss 3.34.1
  • ports: curl 7.57.0[4]
  • ports: lighttpd 1.4.48[5]
  • ports: php 7.1.12[6]
  • ports: pkg 1.10.3[7]
  • ports: py-Jinja2 2.10[8]
  • ports: syslogd 11.1

Stay safe,
Your OPNsense team


[1] https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1964
[2] https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/pull/336
[3] https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/pull/330
[4] https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html
[5] https://www.lighttpd.net/2017/11/11/1.4.48/
[6] http://de2.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.12
[7] https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/commit/c6da09c68
[8] http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/changelog/#version-2-10