Important Notes
Deprecating Notice
Please read VoipNow Deprecating Notice before going further.
Before Upgrade
Upgrade from VoipNow version < 5.0.0
This upgrade is not supported. Please upgrade first to VoipNow 5.2.5 or a later version.
Upgrade from VoipNow version > 5.0.0
No special instructions should be followed.
Installation/Upgrade
In order to install or upgrade to VoipNow 5.5.5, please use this installer:
https://www.4psa.com/software/voipnow555installer.sh
This script can upgrade from VoipNow 5.x versions.
Limited Release Notes
The current release notes contain only the changes that in our opinion might affect existing VoipNow customers.
VoipNow 5.5.5 Release 2021.3
| Type | Details | Support Zone ID | JIRA Ticket ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| New build system and release versioning. According to the new release algorithm, VoipNow 5.5.5 carries the 2021 Q3 release stamp. | HG-66983 | |
| Added support for AlmaLinux OS 8.4. Revalidated compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Support for CentOS 8 will cease on December 31st, 2021 as the operating system will become EOL. Direct upgrade from CentOS 8 to both AlmaLinux OS 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available. | HG-67496 | |
| Open Source stack upgrades and security backports. | HG-66295 | |
| Improved the Web Management interface and APIs volume load performance between 10x and 50x, depending on the load characteristics. | HG-66404 | |
| Improved the Web Management interface and APIs latency between 2x and 5x, depending on the the service. | HG-66404 | |
| Added L2/L3 PIKE checks in SIP Server on invalid user authentication. | GDV-917264 | HG-65493 |
| Improved performance of Web Management interface audit log. | HG-67600 | |
| Password change time is recorded. | - | HG-67594 |
| Log extension number if call fails on second leg. | UCK-109780 | HG-64545 |
| Web management interface improvements. | - | HG-68422 HG-68514 HG-68552 |
| Unify call events emitted for a call by using a unique, per call immutable identifier. | HG-62511 | |
| Fixed hardcoded protocol schema in fax email notification. | HG-68483 HG-66803 | |
| Multiple password processing improvements, chars < and > are no longer supported in account password. | DXE-788183 | HG-68595 HG-68540 HG-65656 |
| Fixed incoming faxes on CentOS 8. | SHK-652075 | HG-65688 HG-66804 |
| Fixed possible PBX Server lock in Conference application. | TYR-351446 TVH-391476 HXQ-372800 YBJ-111254 KII-711224 WOX-913328 FYY-575861 | HG-63215 |
| Mitigate the effects of CVE-2020-29573 . | HG-65804 | |
| Fixed SIP Server possible crash when PIKE is active and L2 is engaged. | - | HG-65900 |
| Fixed inconsistent state in messaging engine after startup error. | - | HG-66003 |
| Fixed SIP SDP address in case of SIP forking in Public/Private deployments. | HJH-371547 | HG-65990 |
| Fixed SIP contact being set to private IP in replies to SUBSCRIBE on TCP. | KYU-975441 | HG-65965 |
| Fixed installer issues with EPEL repository. | LOW-406806 | HG-66002 |
| Fixed move organization between service providers. | MAV-831919 | HG-65115 |
| Fixed revoking tokens for applications that have underscore in name. | - | HG-66042 |
| Allow reordering of incoming call rules without specifying any rule ID in SystemAPI EditCallRulesIn method. | JKH-182557 | HG-66249 |
| Fixed cleanup when extension separator is a digit. | OMS-336024 | HG-66290 |
| Avoid SIP Server possible crash by unblocking all signals on startup. | Autoreporter | HG-65718 |
| Correctly dispatch hang-up call event for calls with transfers. | HG-63400 | |
| Fixed From in Recorded Calls for calls recorded on queues with "Preserve original CallerID on transferred calls" enabled. | AIZ-796817 HSG-283591 | HG-31017 |
| Fixed undisclosed security issues discovered in internal audit. | - | HG-65715 HG-65652 HG-68541 |
| Fixed SIP BLF for multiple concurrent calls. | WBB-498717, RJR-511090 | HG-26831 HG-67298 HG-66328 HG-27447 |
| Replaced OpenSSL with libsodium for random number generation. | RGF-332594 MFT-893699 | HG-66978 |
| Fixed Hubring keys cleanup when user is removed. | - | HG-27758 |
| Fixed web log warnings caused by PHP uninitialized arrays. | - | HG-68509 |
| Fixed account expiration processing on Service Provider level accounts. | HG-67808 | |
| Fixed password auto generation checkbox when billing is disabled | LCZ-933150 | HG-65537 |
| Fixed log rotation for HTTP Server. | YKV-600288 | HG-68453 |
| Fixed double decrement of organization quota when a non active user is deleted. | - | HG-68496 |
| Fixed callerID preferences update on queue when authenticated user does not have permission to manage callerID | DKM-968972 | HG-68750 |
| Fixed several invalid memory access bugs in PBX Server applications. | - | HG-68747 HG-66860 HG-66861 |
| Fixed error in SQL update when extension is converted from IP based. | OJA-969452 | HG-67924 |
| Fixed use after free on invalid ICR transfer/cascade target. | Autoreporter,XRC-720490 | HG-67107 |
| Fixed SIP Server possible crash caused by expired subscription transaction on shutdown. | Autoreporter | HG-67033 |
| Don't run exit handlers in SIP Server child processes to play nicely with third party libraries. | Autoreporter | HG-66262 |
| Fixed possible PBX crash caused by invalid memory read while updating billing data. | Autoreporter | HG-66120 |
| Fixed possible SIP Server crash caused by malformed From headers in SUBSCRIBE messages received from fixed IP extensions. | Autoreporter | HG-65755 |
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