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The following table lists the product and documentation changes for this release:

Date

Title 

Summary 

2016-06-29Changes to the way you access online help

The online help system has been updated and the older help system will be retired. After July 1, 2016, online help from your product and version will no longer return a specific product page, but will redirect to a general search page.

2014-11-11Patch available for SSL 3.0 “POODLE” Security Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566)

This patch addresses the vulnerability discovered in the SSL 3.0A flaw was discovered that makes it easy for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack. You can apply this patch to version 2.5.00 and 2.5.01 components.

2014-10-28Patch available for GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) ‘Shellshock’ Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169)

This patch addresses the bug discovered in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash)A flaw was found that evaluates specially formatted environment variables passed to it from another environment. You can apply this patch to version 2.5.00 and 2.5.01 components.

2014-05-15Patch available for OpenSSL Heartbleed security bug in synthetic TEA AgentThis patch addresses the CVE-2014-0160 bug discovered in the OpenSSL TLS and DTLS Heartbeat Extension packets. You can apply this patch to version 2.5.01 of synthetic transaction monitoring solution (a separate product that is licensed as Borland Silk Performer Synthetic Transaction Monitoring for BMC Software version 15.00).
2014-04-25Patch available for OpenSSL Heartbleed security bugThis patch addresses the CVE-2014-0160 bug discovered in the OpenSSL TLS and DTLS Heartbeat Extension packets. You can apply this patch to version 2.5.00 and 2.5.01 components.
2014-02-202.5.01: Service Pack 1

Fixes the issues identified for this Service Pack in Known and corrected issues and provides the following enhancements:

  • Extended monitoring capabilities to end-user metrics in rich internet applications
  • Enhancements to synthetic monitoring

  • Ability to search for LDAP groups when mapping user roles for Console access

  • Enhancements in configuring a database for Extended Reporting

  • Improvements in the Session Overview

2014-01-24Reports fail to run with Java version 7 update 51

Flash: Description of a problem that will occur when you install Java 7 update 51, and a workaround for the problem

Resolved!

This problem is resolved in version 2.5.01 (SP1).

2013-11-22

2.5.00 enhancements

Describes the following new features and enhancement in this release:

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