Software Update: Zabbix 2.2.1

Version 2.2.1 of Zabbix has been released, a major release. With this program, the status of network services, servers and other network equipment can be monitored. By itself, the program can only display simple information, but by installing a so-called agent on the server, more detailed information can also be obtained. More information about Zabbix can be found on this page be found and here are some screenshots. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Security fixes

• [ZBX-7479] fixed remote command execution from Zabbix server if flexible user parameters are configured; reference CVE-2013-6824

Updated translations

• American English
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Czech
• English
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Japanese
• Italian
• Romanian
• Russian
• Slovakia
• Spanish
• Ukrainian

List of Improvements included into 2.2.1

• [ZBXNEXT-2016] changed the housekeeping settings to allow overriding item-level history and trend storage period if internal housekeeping is disabled
• [ZBXNEXT-2016] removed the ZBX_HISTORY_DATA_UPKEEP constant
• [ZBXNEXT-1256] changed example directory size user parameter to return bytes
• [ZBX-7250] made gettext an optional feature for the frontend
• [ZBX-1357] updated American English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Slovak, Turkish and Ukrainian translations;
• [ZBXNEXT-1257] dropped support for UCD-SNMP

Complete List of Bug Fixes and Improvements included into 2.2.1

• [ZBXNEXT-2016] changed the housekeeping settings to allow overriding item-level history and trend storage period if internal housekeeping is disabled
• [ZBXNEXT-2016] removed the ZBX_HISTORY_DATA_UPKEEP constant
• [ZBXNEXT-1256] changed example directory size user parameter to return bytes
• [ZBX-7250] made gettext an optional feature for the frontend
• [ZBX-1357] updated American English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Slovak, Turkish and Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
• [ZBXNEXT-1257] dropped support for UCD-SNMP
• [ZBX-7479] fixed remote command execution from Zabbix server if flexible user parameters are configured; thanks to Recurity Labs Team for the report
• [ZBX-7461] fixed compilation on kFreeBSD and other operating systems which are not explicitly supported
• [ZBX-7339] fixed item prototypes of OpenBSD and FreeBSD templates
• [ZBX-7332] properly restore the original memory chunk after shared memory realloc fails, otherwise it could trigger a crash when syncing history at exit
• [ZBX-7373] improved performance of pages that use latest history values; thanks to Kenneth Palmertree and Maksim Tkachenko
• [ZBX-7447] fixed regex configuration form not being displayed in French and Italian languages
• [ZBX-7444] fixed agent crash on HP-UX when processing proc.num[] item
• [ZBX-4063] fixed data selecting for graphs
• [ZBX-7391] fixed items belonging to multiple applications being displayed only under the first one in the latest data page
• [ZBX-7347] fixed custom step duration max size in action configuration
• [ZBX-7336] fixed “Database type” selection in setup step 3, improved SQLite3 check and removed storing setup supported databases in cookies
• [ZBX-7340] fixed incorrect error messages when imported objects reference unexisting objects
• [ZBX-7445] fixed frontend redundant call of history
• [ZBX-7277] made item selection helper translatable
• [ZBX-6160] fixed memory leak in configuration syncer process
• [ZBX-6160] fixed “ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded” error
• [ZBX-7354] fixed resetting linked template list when trying to add template with empty field
• [ZBX-7360] fixed maximum IPMI sensor ID length; thanks to OpenIPMI author Corey Minyard
• [ZBX-7400] fixed possible server crash when processing trigger functions with text or log items with Oracle backend
• [ZBX-7400] fixed possible server crash when sending messages with Oracle backend
• [ZBX-7326] improved escalator idle time calculations and statistics reporting
• [ZBX-7355] fixed various prototype confirmation messages
• [ZBX-7408] removed unnecessary variables and includes in slide show configuration
• [ZBX-7034] improved Alias ​​parameter description in the example configuration files
• [ZBX-7337] fixed undefined index debug profiler
• [ZBX-7337] fixed input parameters validation in multiple pages
• [ZBX-7372] fixed undefined indexes in script.getscriptsbyhosts method
• [ZBX-7350] fixed displaying host prototypes in “Status of Zabbix”
• [ZBXNEXT-98] refactored code for SNMP checks
• [ZBX-7184] added check to prevent host from being switched to unavailable state multiple times in a row
• [ZBX-7351] fixed screen item not being saved if resource type is URL
• [ZBX-7329] fixed VMware related compiling error on FreeBSD
• [ZBX-7359] fixed possible crash when parsing VMware datastore data
• [ZBX-7309] fixed resolving of {ITEM.VALUE} macro in recovery messages
• [ZBX-7254] fixed selected tab not being reset when opening the host mass update form
• [ZBX-7316] fixed drule.delete method
• [ZBX-7293] fixed typo in the plural form of a translatable string
• [ZBX-7307] improved validation for copying graph
• [ZBX-7325] fixed parent LLD rule link color in the darkblue and darkorange themes
• [ZBX-7311] fixed dragging or host interfaces
• [ZBX-7272] fixed graph’s grid with fixed Y axis MIN/MAX values
• [ZBX-2008] added support of Audit Success/Failure severity for Windows Security log
• [ZBX-2008] implemented automatic loading of wevtapi.dll file and its functions
• [ZBX-2008] improved performance or event log monitoring
• [ZBX-7263] fixed validation of filter parameters in tr_status.php
• [ZBX-7303] removed link to item configuration for discovered items in latest data screen
• [ZBX-7289] added server address and port number to “no active checks on server” message
• [ZBX-6920] fixed displaying of soft linked IT services that contain a dot in their name
• [ZBX-7037] added agent.hostname to the list of supported items
• [ZBX-7317] removed unused code in popup.php