Release Notes McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.1 Software Contents About this release Installation instructions New features Resolved issues Known issues Product documentation About this release This document contains important information about the current release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document. McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) and the Data Exchange Layer (DXL) provide context-aware adaptive security for your network environment. It quickly analyzes files and content from several sources in your environment and makes informed security decisions based on a file's reputation and your specific criteria. It determines if there is a threat and stops it from spreading if it is. Installation instructions For information about installing Threat Intelligence Exchange and its components for the first time, see the McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.0 Installation Guide. In the Installation Guide, some files are named with a 1.0 version number. The following file names are now versioned for this upgrade release: McAfee Data Exchange Layer 1.0.1 and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.1. 1
Upgrading to 1.0.1 To upgrade from Threat Intelligence Exchange version 1.0.0 to version 1.0.1, install the updated product files into epolicy Orchestrator. Before upgrading to Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.1, create a snapshot of your virtual machine in the VMware vsphere Client. For details about creating a snapshot, see the VMware vsphere documentation. Use one of these methods to install the 1.0.1 product files: The Software Manager contains the McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.1 and McAfee Data Exchange Layer 1.0.1 products. Select each product to view and install the component files. To install manually, download the Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0.1 files and the Data Exchange Layer 1.0.1 files from the McAfee product download website. Then check the files into the Master Repository. Follow the steps below to deploy the 1.0.1 product files, upgrade the Threat Intelligence Exchange extensions, and verify the installation. Upgrade the extensions Install the Threat Intelligence Exchange and Data Exchange Layer 1.0.1 product extensions. Task 1 Select Menu Software Extensions. 2 Click Install Extension and install the extensions in the following order: a DXL Broker Management b c d DXL Client DXL Client Management TIE Server Management Check in the upgrade packages Check in the Threat Intelligence Exchange and Data Exchange Layer packages to the Master Repository in McAfee epo. Task 1 Select Menu Master Repository, then click Check In Package. 2 Check in the following 1.0.1 packages: TIE Platform TIE Server DXL Broker DXL Client Upgrade the Threat Intelligence Exchange products To upgrade the TIE 1.0.1 products onto the server appliance, create a Client Task that includes a Product Deployment Task in McAfee epo. 2
Task 1 Select Menu Policy Client Task Catalog. 2 Select McAfee Agent, then click New Task. 3 In the New Task window, select Product Deployment, then click OK. 4 Complete the new deployment information. For the Target platforms option, make sure that only McAfee Linux OS is selected. Create a ask for each package. Packages must be upgraded in the following order: a TIE Platform b c TIE Server DXL Broker 5 Save the task and run it against the Threat Intelligence Exchange server. If the TIE Platform package does not deploy successfully, stop and call Technical Support and have the log file information ready. You cannot continue until the TIE Platform package is successfully installed. Log files are located here: TIE Platform: /var/log/tieplatform-1.0.1-<build_number>.log TIE Server: /var/log/tieserver-1.0.1-<build_number>.log Upgrade the Data Exchange Layer client Upgrade the DXL client to 1.0.1 on each of your managed systems. Task 1 Select Menu Policy Client Task Catalog. 2 Select McAfee Agent, then click New Task. 3 In the New Task window, select Product Deployment, then click OK. 4 Complete the new deployment information. From the Products and components list, select the Data Exchange Layer Client. 5 Save the task and run it on each of your managed systems. Verify the installation After upgrading the Threat Intelligence Exchange and Data Exchange Layer components, perform these tasks to verify the installation. 3
Task 1 In the System Tree, click the Threat Intelligence Exchange server name, then click the Products tab. Verify that the following components are listed with the 1.0.1 version number: McAfee DXL Broker McAfee DXL Client McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange Server 2 On managed endpoints, verify that the Data Exchange Layer client version 1.0.1 is installed. New features This release of the product includes these new features. Additional characters can be used in the Postgres read-only password When installing the Threat Intelligence Exchange server appliance and creating the Postgres read-only account password, you can now use additional characters. The password can contain any printable characters found on a standard keyboard (ASCII characters 33-126). Add reputation information from Advanced Threat Defense to the Threat Intelligence Exchange database There is a new option on the Threat Intelligence Exchange Server Management Policy page: Accept ATD reputations for files not yet seen by TIE. When McAfee Advanced Threat Defense detects a file's reputation and sends that information to the Threat Intelligence Exchange server, the information is added to the Threat Intelligence Exchange database. This enables threat information seen by ATD and not yet seen by Threat Intelligence Exchange to be added to the database. Resolved issues These issues are resolved in this release of the product. Threat Intelligence Exchange resolved issues Issue The quotation characters do not display correctly on the TIE Reputations page for a file or certificate's Enterprise Reputation. (1015725) Issue The Threat Intelligence Exchange database performance can be slow if several reputation requests are made for the same file simultaneously. (1015674) Issue The Threat Intelligence Exchange server might hang when it is shut down. (1013018) The server now stops when it is shut down. Issue Password characters used in the Postgress account creation should support all keyboard characters. (1006476) 4
Resolution The Postgress account password can now contain all printable characters found on a standard keyboard (ASCII characters 33-126). See the New Features topic for details. Issue The maximum number of files or certificates are not being displayed on the TIE Reputations page. (1016059) Issue When a firewall blocks access to the configured Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) URL, the initialization takes a long time and delays the response from the server, which cause TIE clients to time out into offline mode. (1010773) Issue Add reputation information from Advanced Threat Defense to the Threat Intelligence Exchange database. (1010688) See the New Features topic for details. Issue When accessing file information in VirusTotal, the current date information does not display. (1016441) Data Exchange Layer resolved issues Issue Changes made to the Published System Name in the Server Settings DXL Topology page are not saved when the user clicks Save. (1012958) Resolution Clicking Save now saves all changes made to the DXL Topology page. Issue An upgrade is needed to the OpenSSL version used with Threat Intelligence Exchange 1.0. (1014885) Resolution The latest version of OpenSSL v1.0.1j is included with this release of Threat Intelligence Exchange. Issue If you deployed the Data Exchange Layer client on a system using CentOS 6.6 (32 bits), the yum database is corrupt. (1021442) Issue Changes to the McAfee Agent GUID do not trigger a new request for a certificate in the Data Exchange Layer. (1025569) Changes to the McAfee Agent GUID trigger a new request for a Data Exchange Layer certificate. Known issues Known issues For a list of known issues, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: KB82702. 5
Upgrading to Data Exchange Layer 1.0.1 If the Threat Intelligence Exchange server version is 1.0.0, and you upgrade the Data Exchange Layer (DXL) extension to version 1.0.1, Java DXL 1.0 clients are unable to receive DXL client policies. If you upgrade the DXL extension to version 1.0.1, you must upgrade the Threat Intelligence Exchange server to version 1.0.1 to get DXL client policies. Product documentation Every McAfee product has a comprehensive set of documentation. Threat Intelligence Exchange Installation Guide Includes information about requirements, and steps for installing the Threat Intelligence Exchange server, the module for VirusScan Enterprise, and the Data Exchange Layer client. Threat Intelligence Exchange Product Guide Includes information about using the Threat Intelligence Exchange server, the module for VirusScan Enterprise and the Data Exchange Layer client. Help All pages in the Threat Intelligence Exchange product user interface have context-sensitive Help that describes each field on the page. Copyright 2015 McAfee, Inc. www.intelsecurity.com Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks/registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. McAfee and the McAfee logo are trademarks/ registered trademarks of McAfee, Inc. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 0-00