From 1f0c31fcad5f747a9402683c09e6352d72712ee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Boelen Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 15:08:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Preparing for release 3.0.0 --- CHANGELOG.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 039f8cd4..0d9a969c 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,5 +1,29 @@ # Lynis Changelog +## Lynis 3.0.0 (not released yet) + +This is a major release of Lynis and includes several big changes. +Some of these changes may break your current usage of the tool, so test before +deployment. + +Breaking changes: +- Some of the old and deprecated commands or switches are removed + +An important focus area for this release is on security. We added several +measures to further tighten any possible misuse. + +### Added +- Test PATH and warn or exit on discovery of dangerous location (security) +- Additional safeguard by testing if common system tools are available (security) +- Test parameters and arguments for presence of control characters (security) +- New function SafeInput (security) + +### Changed +- The 'nounset' (set -u) parameter is now activated by default (security) +- Use locations from PATH environment variable, unless it is empty + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + ## Lynis 2.7.5 (2019-06-24) ### Added