Download Sophos XG Firewall 16.05.6 MR6

Sophos has released a new version of its XG Firewall with 16.05.6 MR6 as the version number. This software runs on physical hardware as well as in a soft appliance for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and KVM delivered. In addition to the paid variants for businesses, Sophos offers this firewall for home use at no cost, such as on this page can be read. For the various image and update files you can visit the MySophos Portal. The announcement of this release looks like this:

SFOS 16.05.6 MR6 Released

We’ve finished SFOS v16.05.6 MR6. This release is available from within your device for all SFOS v16.05 installations as of now and will increase the group in a few days.

The release is available to all SFOS version via MySophos portal.

Issues Resolved

• NC-19003 [API] Can’t change user portal password after language changed
• NC-18871 [AVD, Web] AVD can coredump when reloading signatures
• NC-18176 [AVD] AVD randomly returns errors for clean files
• NC-19017 [AVD] Update pattern failed for Sophos AV
• NC-16764 [Authentication] Users ipset isn’t cleaned up correctly when an STAS user signs out
• NC-18363 [Authentication] [SATC] do not try to block terminal server ip if wrong AD backend server is configured
• NC-6413 [Base System, Networking] Traffic initiated from alias interface, is redirected through different interface..
• NC-17464 [Base System] Garner sent bytes field in http record needs to be 64bits not 32
• NC-17810 [Base System] Race condition in adding timer due to timezone change
• NC-18964 [Base System] Mismatch in time: ahead by one hour in reports and SSH when NTP is used
• NC-17371 [Firewall] “Log firewall traffic” resets after updating any service from hotspots page
• NC-18482 [Firewall] Segmentation Fault in Garner due to feedback channel output plugin
• NC-18646 [Firewall] Opening master connection ID link from connection list page some time hangs
• NC-18948 [Firewall] Unable login to user portal after upgrade from 16.05.MR3 to 16.05.MR4
• NC-19073 [Firewall] Websites are not accessible due to DNS issue
• NC-19437 [Firewall] SQL Injection: Ping / Guest user name change
• NC-18574 [Framework(UI)] Maximum number of connections exceeded – UI not accessible some times
• NC-17811 [HA] Mark irrelevant firewall policy for incoming WAF traffic in HA
• NC-18961 [HA] HA AA mode, traffic doesn’t pass from aux while interface is in bridge/LAG mode
• NC-19063 [Hotspot] Hotspot configuration not synchronize after enable HA
• NC-15733 [IPS] ALG helper not working for protocol H.323
• NC-19096 [IPS] IPS/ATP slowing or blocking the connection
• NC-19328 [IPS] Detect UTF encoding even when charset in “HTTP response header” and “Byte Order Mark” are missing
• NC-18869 [Mail Proxy] SF failing PCI compliance on port 25 due to MTA mode responding to RC4 ciphers
• NC-19095 [Mail Proxy] Email banner is added to both incoming and outgoing emails
• NC-19399 [Mail Proxy] Error “Too many files open”
• NC-19649 [Mail Proxy] Firewall rule marked when internal mail transaction started with MTA
• NC-6130 [Mail Proxy] Fallback DNS for MX
• NC-19296 [Networking] USB Modem not detected with recommended setting
• NC-15472 [Reporting] Report SMTPs traffic when using secure communication over port 25
• NC-19268 [Reporting] Missing DB connection close treatment
• NC-19442 [Reporting] In Chinese language Report => Manual purge => Month detail not available
• NC-19974 [Reporting] Report Groups are not displaying for Custom View and Report Scheduling
• NC-19614 [SSLVPN] OpenVPN vulnerabilities
• NC-1437 [UI] Newly added protected server is not shown in listing while configuring public non-http policy
• NC-18909 [WAF] Fix HTTPS redirection in case of missing host header
• NC-18902 [Web] Updating any used port in web proxy listening port does not display an error message
• NC-19942 [Web] NTLM channel bind failed with AD server
• NC-19981 [Web] Samba resolves DC without DNS
• NC-18702 [Wireless] Split traffic not working on wireless network assigned to RED15w inbuilt AP
• NC-18913 [Wireless] Not able to reach split networks from RED15w wireless network in case of transparent/split tunnel
• NC-19060 [Wireless] RED15w inbuilt AP doesn’t come up after network change
• NC-19157 [Wireless] Cannot enable debug mode on hostapd