Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 8.0.0 Patch 2 Hotfix 791162
Release Date: February 11, 2013
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Resolved issue
The following issues have been fixed in this release:
| Article | Reference | Description |
| | 791162 | Issue: A vulnerability allowed for unauthorized privilege escalation by an authenticated user. Resolution: This update resolves the vulnerability. Refer to online Security Bulletin SB10034 for the most current details. |
| | 771202 | Issue: Some VPN clients fail to establish a VPN link when Host IPS 8.0 is installed on the system. Resolution: Updated the firewall logic to meet certain VPN client requirements. |
The Product Version Build Number from Help\About is:
The following binaries are version 15.0.0.518:
- [INSTALLDIR]\VSCore\release\* [Minus HipShieldK.*, FireNfcp.*]
- [INSTALLDIR]\VSCore\x64\* [Minus FireNfcp.*]
