4.3.3 and 5.3.3 Released

Cisco have released Cisco MARS 4.3.3 for Gen1 appliances, and 5.3.3 code for Gen2 appliances.

The release notes can be found here - 4.3.3 and 5.3.3

I`m not sure why theres such a difference in the file sizes, seeing as the only difference is updated Wireless LAN Controller support in the 5.3.3 code.

For both releases, enhanced device support is as follows...

Enhanced Cisco Device Support:

–FWSM 3.1.7 (as 3.1)

Enhanced 3rd-Party Device Support:

–Oracle 11g (as Oracle Database Server Generic)

–Snort 2.7 and 2.8 (as 2.0)

–QualysGuard 5.1 (as QualysGuard ANY)

The new updated Vendor Signatures are shown below, i have pictured both releases for reference, but they seem to be the same.

Release 4.3.3

Release 5.3.3

I have successfully updated a Gen2 model this morning...

############################################# 100.0%
Upgrading ... - Stopping CS-MARS applications : #
- Updating database schema : #
- Updating MARS applications : #
- Importing data : #
- Signature upgrade ...
- Signature upgrade success
- Rebooting ...
1
1
succeed!

And a handy tip is after an upgrade is to run a pnupgrade log, to check that you have the "Upgrade from 5.3.2 2765 to 5.3.3 2774 finished." statement at the end.

[pnadmin]$ pnupgrade log
--------------------------------------
5.3.2 2765 --> 5.3.3 2774
--------------------------------------
1 Preparing upgrade start
1.1 Load the step table start
1.1 Load the step table end
1.2 Stop pnmonitor start
1.2 Stop pnmonitor end
1.3 Stop jboss start
1.3 Stop jboss end
1.4 Stop other applications start
1.4 Stop other applications end
1 Preparing upgrade end
2 Upgrade OS start
2.1 Patch OS start
2.1 Patch OS end
2 Upgrade OS end
3 Upgrade schema start
3.1 Run upgrade schema script start
3.1 Run upgrade schema script end
3.2 Backup schema script start
3.2 Backup schema script end
3 Upgrade schema end
4 Upgrade MARS applications start
4.1 Untar MARS executable binary start
4.2 Untar MARS executable binary end
4.3 Modify janus.conf start
4.3 Modify janus.conf end
4.4 Swap MARS executable binary start
4.4 Swap MARS executable binary end
4.5 Run post-unpack-deployment start
4.5 Run post-unpack-deployment end
4 Upgrade MARS applications end
5 Upgrade data start
5.1 Start jboss start
5.1 Start jboss end
5.2 Importing signature data start
5.2 Importing signature data end
5.3 Missing-id fix start
5.3 Missing-id fix end
5 Upgrade data end
6 reboot ...
Upgrade from 5.3.2 2765 to 5.3.3 2774 finished.