This article contains important information about known issues of high or medium rating that are outstanding with this product release. This article will be updated if new issues are identified post-release, or if additional information becomes available. To read the Release Notes, see: Release Notes.
Release to Support (RTS): July 15, 2015
For more information about release cycles, see
KB51560.
Issue resolutions in updates and major releases are cumulative; Technical Support recommends that you install the latest version. To find the most recent release for your product,
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Related Article |
Issue Description |
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Patch Rating Clarification:
Recommended – McAfee rates this release as Recommended for Paravirtual Environments running Linux XEN kernel to avoid a potential business impact.
NOTE: McAfee recommends customers running Host IPS 8.0 for Linux on other supported environments, use Host IPS 8.0 Patch 5. To review the Release Notes for Patch 5, see Host IPS Release Notes. To review Known Issues, see KB81392.
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| 1061809 |
KB82869 |
Issue: Host IPS for Linux and MA 5.x are not compatible.
Resolution: Host IPS 8.0 for Linux does not support McAfee Agent 5.x |
| N/A |
KB82861 |
Issue: Patch 6 for Windows (expected GA August 13, 2015) and Host IPS for Linux 8.0.0 Patch 6 for Linux Deployment Packages can't co-exist in the same ePO repository branches.
Resolution: Customers managing both Host IPS 8.0 for Windows and Host IPS 8.0 for Linux systems, see the related article. |
| 1053849 |
N/A |
Issue: VSEL can't be installed with Host IPS 8.0 for Linux enabled.
Resolution: Install VSEL first and then install Host IPS 8.0 for Linux. Or, disable Host IPS 8.0 for Linux and then install VSEL. |
| 1076946 |
KB81392 |
Issue: Host IPS 8.0 Extension version 8.0.5.924 shows product as McAfee Firewall for Linux and not Host Intrusion Prevention.
Resolution: Upgrade to Host IPS 8.0 Patch 6 Extension. For more information, see the Release Notes. |
| 1071559 |
N/A |
Issue: Special characters such as ^() for Administrator password must not be used with the command-line –pw switch in the hipts command.
Resolution: Do not use include special characters such as ^() for Administrator password when using the –pw command-line switch. |
| 1076691 |
KB85371 |
Issue: System performance issues when VSEL 1.9 and Host IPS for Linux 8.0 are enabled.
Resolution: Add a VSEL scan exclusion for the /opt/McAfee/hip/log folder. |
