Release Notes

Release Notes

To view Virus Definition and Security Definition updates, go to the ADVANCED > Energize Updates in the Barracuda Message Archiver web interface. Click view release notes in the associated section.

PST Collector is not available in firmware version 5.2 and newer.

What's New in Version 5.5.2 (Platform 2 and 5 Firmware)

Enhancement
  • Apply all required patches before starting the firmware upgrade process. [BNMA-30419]

Fixes
  • Fixed automatic migration of statistics based on the current year. [BNMA-30445]

  • Fixed to start crond service automatically on boot for Platform 5 system. [BNMA-30444]

  • Fixed the issue of unreadable characters in the UI when assigning PSTs to usernames with non-English characters. [BNMA-30404]

  • Fixed the issue with the snmpctl snmpagent stop/start command not functioning as expected. [BNMA-30370]

  • Fixed SNMP walk failures related to Barracuda OIDs. [BNMA-21670]

  • Fixed SMB Login failed alerts not being sent in Platform 5 system. [BNMA-29921]

What's New in Version 5.5.1.001 (Platform 5 Firmware)

Enhancements
  • Exchange Integration now includes an Extended Protection (EP) mode in the Exchange Server integration page in the user interface. [BNMA-30159]

  • TLS1.3 is now supported. [BNMA- 30161]

  • Fixed incorrect handling of signal management in ssh. [BNMA-30061]

Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where configuring multiple tenants overwrites the existing Exchange Online configuration. [BNMA-30343]

  • Fixed enabling SNMP agent via watchdog. [BNMA-15294]

  • Fixed integer overflow from SNMP OIDs using UCD-SNMP-MIB. [BNMA-22470]

  • Disabled Cloud Storage in the UI as it is no longer supported. [BNMA-30132]

  • Fixed an issue where after upgrading SNMP, get and walk operations were not working. [BNMA-30156]

What's New in Version 5.5.1.001

Enhancements
  • Exchange Integration now includes an Extended Protection (EP) mode in the Exchange Server integration page in the user interface. [BNMA-30159]

  • TLS1.3 is now supported. [BNMA- 30161]

  • Fixed incorrect handling of signal management in ssh. [BNMA-30061]

Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where configuring multiple tenants overwrites the existing Exchange Online configuration. [BNMA-30343]

  • Fixed enabling SNMP agent via watchdog. [BNMA-15294]

  • Fixed integer overflow from SNMP OIDs using UCD-SNMP-MIB. [BNMA-22470]

  • Disabled Cloud Storage in the UI as it is no longer supported. [BNMA-30132]

  • Fixed an issue where after upgrading SNMP, get and walk operations were not working. [BNMA-30156]

What's New in Version 5.4.3.005

Enhancement
  • Updated to include the UI option for configuring Azure applications to avoid NoTokenFoundError error with Exchange Online integration. [BNMA-28431]

Fixes
  • Fixed Pyxint tasks failing for all users with "Not allowed to access Non IPM folder." [BNMA-28936]

  • Shutdown and reboot buttons now working as expected. [BNMA-29047] 

  • Restoring configuration backup now works as expected. [BNMA-29003]

  • Improved performance for faster PST searches. [BNMA-27846]

  • Fixed retention policies unable to run in a specific circumstance. [BNMA-28882]

  • Fixed to be able to use non-ASCII characters with Outlook Add-in APIs. [BNMA-28422]

  • Usage reports now working as expected. [BNMA-28883] 

  • Fixed retaining LDAP configurations after a firmware upgrade. [BNMA-28796]

What's New in Version 5.4.2.002

Enhancement
Security Vulnerability Fixes
  • Updated ldap connections to do host verifications. [BNMA-23081]

  • X-XSS-Protection header added for http requests. [BNMA-22335]

  • Strict-Transport-Security header added for http requests. [BNMA-22336]

  • Upgraded OpenSSL. [BNMA-24803]

  • Fixed XSS in get_share_stats.cgi. [BNMA-13763]

  • Upgraded PostgreSQL. [BNMA-28357]

  • Updated Sudo framework with enhanced security. [BNMA-14382] 

Fixes
  • Fixed ClientDownloads, updated the ClientDownloads plug-in to the latest version. [BNMA-28418]

  • Fixed Outlook Add-In updates and signature verifications. [BNMA-28569]

  • Fixed archiving issue for mails with special characters. [BNMA-28568]

  • Fixed Outlook Add-In for ldap users with special characters. [BNMA-28422]

What's New in Version 5.4.1.008

Enhancement
  • Removed Keep on cloud option from Policy > Retention > Add Retention Policy section. For more information, see Retention Policies. [BNMA-27440]

Security Vulnerability Fixes
  • Fixed a security vulnerability, adding new forms to the "Server Alias" field in USERS -> Directory Services LDAP is not allowed. [BNMA-22558] [BNSEC-8773]

  • Fixed a security vulnerability where, in certain cases, the browser URL was not encoding the password field properly. [BNMA-18265] [BNSEC-9528]

  • Fixed a security command injection vulnerability in the reporting module. [BNMA-23259] [BNSEC-8111]

  • User is prompted to change the default password upon first login. [BNMA-22385] [BNSEC-8643]

Fixes
  • Patch descriptions in the ADVANCED > Firmware Update > Firmware Patches section displays the correct external descriptions. [BNMA-24711]

  • Changing admin password in consconf now works as expected. [BNMA-21862]

  • Updated the NTP default server. [BNMA-27370]

  • Fixed a German version translation error. [BNMA-27624]

  • Fixed an issue where a deleted LDAP user was able to see all users' mail when searching in the Outlook Add-In. [BNMA-24364]

  • Upgraded Pyxint to version 6.2.250. [BNMA-26892]

  • Fixed a security command injection vulnerability in the reporting module. [BNMA-23259] [BNSEC-8111]

What's New in Version 5.3.0

Enhancement
  • Exchange Integration tasks now support connecting to Exchange Online using the EWS protocol. [BNMA-23475]

Version 5.3.0.009

Enhancement
  • Exchange Integration nightly tasks that connect to Exchange Online now support upgrading to use EWS. To upgrade a task, click the Upgrade Connector action and select an Exchange Online source to use. [BNMA-21655]

Fixes
  • On Barracuda Message Archivers equipped with iSCSI cards, iSCSI share configuration options now appear on the ADVANCED > Storage Manager page. [BNMA-24544]

  • Configuration backups over SMB now allow hidden share paths ending in a dollar sign ($). [BNMA-24548]

Version 5.3.0.006

Enhancement
  • The storage limit for model 150 virtual Barracuda Message Archivers is now 1 TB, increased from 500 GB. [BNMA-21331]

  • It is now possible to update Exchange Integration actions that connect to Microsoft Exchange Online to use EWS. [BNMA-23811]

Fixes
  • Exchange Integration actions connecting to Exchange Online using EWS now correctly report the number of bytes processed. [BNMA-24117]

  • Exchange Integration Non-Email Sync actions connecting to Exchange Online using EWS no longer fail when syncing an appointment item with an invalid organizer email address. [BNMA-24319]

Version 5.3.0.002

Enhancement
  • Exchange Integration tasks now support connecting to Exchange Online using the EWS protocol. This improves reliability and performance of Exchange Integration tasks, also ensuring compatibility with the scheduled deprecation of Basic Authorization by Microsoft at the end of October 2020. An upcoming update will enable migrating existing configurations and tasks to use EWS. To take advantage of the improvements, create a new source configuration and tasks. [BNMA-23475]

What's New in Version 5.2.5

  • Note: The Barracuda Message Archiver mobile companion applications for iOS and Android are now deprecated. [BNMA-22945]

Enhancement
  • Saved searches must now include at least one search term. [BNMA-21389]

Version 5.2.5.002

Fix
  • PST exports no longer fail when including folders. [BNMA-11848]

  • Servers added by the Automatically add Office 365 SMTP IP ranges option under MAIL SOURCES > SMTP take effect immediately. [BNMA-22831]

What's New in Version 5.2.4

Version 5.2.4.006

Fix
  • The Directory Services page no longer fails to load in certain situations. [BNMA-22860]

Version 5.2.4.005

Fix
  • The list of tasks on the Search page now loads properly. [BNMA-22842]

Version 5.2.4.004

Enhancement
Fix
  • Closed security issues that could result in service account passwords appearing in the user interface for administrators. [BNMA-22817]

What's New in Version 5.2.3

Features
  • Added ability to automatically whitelist Microsoft Office 365 SMTP IP ranges. [BNMA-20057]

  • Administrators can now view and search messages that were encrypted by Microsoft Office 365 and archived using SMTP journaling. [BNMA-19327]

Version 5.2.3.009

Fixes
  • The Mail/Log Storage gauge is now visible on the Dashboard. [BNMA-22690]

  • Updating firmware no longer causes Firmware Storage usage to exceed warning thresholds. [BNMA-22709]

Version 5.2.3.006

Fixes
  • Automatically trusting Microsoft Office 365 SMTP IP ranges now includes all possible addresses. [BNMA-20057]

Version 5.2.3.003

Fixes
  • Users can see their synced folders when the Barracuda Message Archiver and Microsoft Exchange are connected to different LDAP servers. Updated fix from version 5.2.3.002. [BNMA-10121]

Version 5.2.3.002

Enhancements
  • Barracuda Networks Support can enable LDAP address resolution to process X.500 addresses in incoming mail. [BNMA-19971]

  • Warn administrators that mail should be unstubbed before configuring cloud storage. See Unstubbing Before Cloud Migration. [BNMA-19375]

  • Barracuda Message Archiver users connected to cloud storage can now update to the current version of the Outlook Add-In. [BNMA-18586]

  • Simulated Exchange Stubbing actions now correctly appear as a simulation in the "Recent Actions" section of the MAIL SOURCES > Exchange Integration page. [BNMA-17842]

  • Exchange Imports can now import items found between two specified dates. Previously, imports could only filter on a start date or end date but not both. [BNMA-14321]

  • Update OpenSSL to current version. [BNMA-16472]

Fixes
  • TLS 1.2 is now available to incoming SMTP connections. [BNMA-21599]

  • Users with the IT Admin role can now view the BASIC > IP Configuration page. [BNMA-21595]

  • Users with the IT Admin role can now modify the Configuration Backup schedule. [BNMA-20715]

  • Non-ASCII characters in inline forwarded e-mails are displayed correctly. [BNMA-15092]

  • Using the Search As feature no longer fails to retrieve results from federated Barracuda Message Archivers. This occurred when the LDAP servers on each device's USERS > Directory Services page were not added in the same order. [BNMA-21879]

  • The web server works as expected when the Outlook Add-in requests a message from Barracuda Message Archivers in a federated cluster and the message was no longer present in the archive. [BNMA-20716]

  • The Barracuda Message Archiver no longer displays an error when following links from stubbed messages in Outlook Web App. [BNMA-16046]

  • PST exports no longer fail with the generic and incorrect message ( Bad PST Password). [BNMA-21560]

  • Exchange Integration no longer tries an unsupported HTTP authentication method (Negotiate) during autodiscovery. [BNMA-21287]

  • Exchange Integration actions does not fail when they process users without a valid SMTP address. [BNMA-20741]

  • Users can see their synced folders when the Barracuda Message Archiver and Microsoft Exchange are connected to different LDAP servers. [BNMA-10121]

  • Messages on legacy external shares no longer fail to mirror to cloud storage. [BNMA-17234]

  • Message downloads from cloud storage have the correct filenames. [BNMA-13970]

What's New in Version 5.2.2

Features
  • Admins can now see what other users are running on the Tasks tab on the BASIC > Search page. [BNMA-12131]

  • Admins can manually run retention policies at any time from the ADVANCED > Expert Variables page. [BNMA-8633]

Version 5.2.2.009

Fixes
  • Global Catalog Server option is accessible when manually creating an Exchange Integration server configuration. [BNMA-21282]

Version 5.2.2.008

Fixes
  • Admins doing exports using the Search As feature are shown the export folders option. [BNMA-21246]

Version 5.2.2.007

Fixes
  • The Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service now displays the download window for exports correctly. [BNMA-20970]

Version 5.2.2.006

Fixes
  • A notification no longer appears when the Barracuda Message Archiver cannot check for mobile app updates. [BNMA-20909]

Version 5.2.2.005

Enhancements
  • Improved retry logic for Exchange Integration. [BNMA-19542]

  • Improved logic for connecting Exchange Integration jobs if the Autodiscover options are invalid. [BNMA-20053]

  • Improved retry logic for Exchange Integration jobs that failed entirely but also had failed users. [BNMA-19910]

  • Improved Exchange Integration Autodiscovery retry logic. [BNMA-19660]

  • Added support for BDAT verb during SMTP journaling. [BNMA-16273]

  • Admins can choose to include folder data in exports when using the Search As feature. [BNMA-4831]

Fixes
  • The web interface and client web server continue to be available when the Barracuda Message Archiver cannot check for updates to clients due to firewall configuration. [BNMA-20571]

  • Prevent displaying exports on federated Barracuda Message Archiver units if they do not contain any data. [BNMA-20490]

  • Reboot after firmware update on virtual machines created from version5.0.0.018-20160814works as expected. [BNMA-19960]

  • System drives no longer fill to capacity when a Storage Mirror goes offline. [BNMA-19393]

  • Admins can now delete journal accounts if the configured server is unavailable. [BNMA-20464]

  • Exchange Integration successfully logs into Exchange when multiple HTTP challenges are presented during one attempt. [BNMA-19766]

  • Exchange integration tasks against Exchange environments with heavy named MIME header usage work as expected. [BNMA-19750]

  • Export filenames on federated units do not replace special characters with underscores. [BNMA-18263]

  • Exports with special characters in their filenames correctly download from federated units. [BNMA-18042]

  • Self-signed certificate generation creates valid files. [BNMA-18280]

  • If authentication is disabled for stub retrieval and reporting, the report's attachments are downloaded without authenticating. [BNMA-16105]

  • The Barracuda Message Archiver does not display an error following links from stubbed messages in Outlook Web App. [BNMA-16046]

  • Retrieving a stubbed attachment containing special characters in the filename works as expected. [BNMA-15522]

  • The filter copying an Exchange Integration job that targets specific folders and/or Personal Archives is correct. [BNMA-19742]

  • Non-ASCII characters in stubbed message bodies display correctly. [BNMA-19685]

  • Disabling NFS backups on the ADVANCED > Backup tab correctly disables the NFS share. [BNMA-19682]

  • Distribution groups added to a user's whitelist no longer expand to include all members of the group. [BNMA-16297]

  • The search engine correctly rejects non-existent dates. e.g., February 31st. [BNMA-19643]

  • Retention policy changes are displayed in the audit log. [BNMA-19595]

  • Exchange Integration is verified on firmware update to avoid jobs failing after the update. [BNMA-19391]

  • Advanced Folder filter is not removed when editing the nightly Exchange Integration server configuration task. [BNMA-19344]

  • Email attachments of type multipart/appledouble process correctly without corruption. [BNMA-19145]

  • Configuration backups to the cloud fail as expected. [BNMA-17972]

  • The Barracuda Message Archiver dashboard loads in Chilean time zones. [BNMA-17206]

What's New in Version 5.2.1

  • Failed Exchange Integration jobs include an option to retry those mailboxes. [BNMA-19298]

Version 5.2.1.007

Enhancements
  • Exchange Integration tasks report skipped users separately from users with errors. Any user with errors causes the job to be reported as failed. [BNMA-17762] [BNMA-10558]

  • Exchange Integration can import from public folders in Exchange 2013 and newer, including Exchange Online. [BNMA-12512] [BNMA-14219] [BNMA-14518]

  • Exchange Integration automatically detects NTLM authentication during autodiscovery. [BNMA-16040]

  • Exchange Integration server setup requires a username in addition to an email address. [BNMA-19066]

  • Improved Exchange Integration error handling and retry logic. [BNMA-18898] [BNMA-19038] [BNMA-19542] [BNMA-19572]

  • Failed Exchange Integration tasks include a full report in addition to the reason for failure. [BNMA-19427]

  • RSS items are classified as skipped instead of failed. [BNMA-14698]

  • Improved reliability of opening search results in the Outlook Add-In. [BNMA-19547]

Fixes
  • Retry Exchange Integration jobs if the Exchange certificate is invalid or cannot be verified. [BNMA-14774]

  • Exchange Integration job failure reports are not sent erroneously. [BNMA-15391]

  • Exchange Integration jobs are successful even if the service account has a different mail domain than user mailboxes. [BNMA-18730]

  • Conversation History folders are not skipped during Exchange Import if their container class was set incorrectly. [BNMA-18098]

  • Exchange Integration job reports display correctly when both users and items failed to process. [BNMA-14682]

  • Exchange Integration jobs do not fail when using an alias of a service account to log into Exchange. [BNMA-13462]

  • Canceling Exchange Integration jobs are successful if done shortly after the job started. [BNMA-19178]

  • Exchange Integration jobs with a folder filter do not exclude users from the report if they had no matching folders. [BNMA-14703]

  • Exchange import jobs no longer unexpectedly skip an item and report it as failed. [BNMA-19052]

  • Importing Personal Archives from a user without a Personal Archive store clearly reports the reason the import failed. [BNMA-13412]

  • Exchange Integration autodiscovery does not hang if redirected to a new email address. [BNMA-19484]

  • Firmware updates install as expected. [BNMA-12317]

  • Data on legacy external shares rotate to the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service successfully. [BNMA-17234]

  • Automated Configuration backups allow slashes in the Folder/Path field. [BNMA-12465]

  • Outlook Instant Search Integration does not crash Outlook on startup. [BNMA-18723] [BNMA-19520]

  • Removing a Local User deletes the local user account successfully. [BNMA-17814]

  • The Barracuda Message Archiver reboots properly after changing the timezone and clicking Save. [BNMA-17207]

  • Emails with invalid dates are handled correctly. [BNMA-16965]

What's New in Version 5.2.0

Version 5.2.0.022

Fixes
  • Email Import or Email Stubbing from Exchange 2010 attachments are not corrupted when archived. [BNMA-19619]

Version 5.2.0.018

Fixes
  • Large PST exports do not fail. [BNMA-18726]

  • Reboot does not cause recent configuration changes to get lost. [BNMA-18673]

  • Messages display correctly after being stubbed. [BNMA-18737]

  • Email Import or Email Stubbing does not truncate large messages. [BNMA-18891]

  • Improved stability of Email Import and Email Stubbing from Exchange. [BNMA-18915]

Customers with previously stubbed messages using firmware version 5.2 might experience issues with Exchange stub links. Contact  Barracuda Networks Technical Support for more information.

Version 5.2.0.010

Fixes
  • Successfully separate two Barracuda Message Archiver units clustered in a mirroring configuration. [BNMA-18268]

Version 5.2.0.009

Fixes
  • Messages imported using Exchange Integration display Barracuda Cloud Control recipients correctly. [BNMA-17861]

  • Header indicating (Not All Results Shown) appears when not all results are shown during Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook. [BNMA-17270]

Version 5.2.0.005

Enhancements
  • Added initial setup wizard to streamline first-time configurations. [BNMA-15313]

  • Exchange Integration tasks automatically attempt more retries after some failures. [BNMA-17318]

  • New group policy option to set a date range when automatically adding users' archive stores after Outlook Add-In installation. [BNMA-16268]

  • New group policy option to remove email from Outlook after using archiving in the Outlook Add-In. [BNMA-15375]

  • New option to require users to log in before viewing stubbed mail and messages linked from reports (default: Yes). [BNMA-16061]

  • Added Save Attachments option when right-clicking search results in the Outlook Add-In. [BNMA-16841]

  • Added Log Out All Clients option on USERS > Client Downloads page to let admins terminate Outlook Add-In and mobile app sessions. [BNMA-12691]

  • Outlook Add-In searches return the first 1,000 results in all cases. [BNMA-16208]

Fixes
  • Retention message removals are successful. [BNMA-15704]

  • Multiple Barracuda Message Archiver units clustered in a mirroring configuration can sync messages already present on both units. [BNMA-15365]

  • Users are able to download attachments. [BNMA-16363]

  • Virtual Barracuda Message Archiver units do not reach 100% firmware storage usage during normal operation. [BNMA-16510]

  • After certain Exchange Integration task failures, further tasks start as expected. [BNMA-15990]

  • Opening stubs and search results from the Outlook Add-In work as expected. [BNMA-16292]

  • After configuring a Barracuda Message Archiver as a mirror of another, the relationship is copied to the second appliance. [BNMA-16511]

  • Nightly configuration backups to SMB shares are successful. [BNMA-16209]

  • Changes made to the Trusted SMTP Servers setting via Bulk Edit are saved. [BNMA-14732]

  • Nightly Email Sync tasks with the Process Personal Archives option work as expected. [BNMA-14830]

  • Stubbing messages generated by equipment such as network-connected scanners are successful. [BNMA-11665]

  • When replying to a stubbed message in Outlook, the sent item is retained. [BNMA-16406]

What's New in Version 5.1.1

Version 5.1.1.018

Fixes
  • Connect to Barracuda Networks Support for troubleshooting. [BNMA-13167]

  • Configuration syncing successful when setting up a mirroring cluster. [BNMA-16255]

Version 5.1.1.016