v1.8.2

1.8.2 (June 21, 2022)

NOTES:

The Packer plugin SDK includes the latest version of the go-getter library, which has been updated to address the vulnerabilities listed in HCSEC-2022-13.

The updated SDK contains changes that can be breaking for some plugins as the updated go-getter settings in the SDK prevent reading/writing through symlinks and to sub-directories that require upward path traversal (e.g /tmp/.../etc/hosts). The updates also includes a 30 minute maximum timeout for file downloading, which can be an issue for very large or slow downloads if they exceed more than 30 minutes to complete.

SECURITY:

• Bump packer-plugin-sdk to v0.3.0 to address reported vulnerabilities within the go-getter library. GH-11843
• Bump plugins relying on go-getter for downloading remote files to address reported vulnerabilities within the go-getter library. See HCSEC-2022-13 for details. GH-11844

FEATURES:

• Future Scaffolding: This release contains changes that allow Packer core to validate that a newly built image is a direct child of a HCP Packer registry source image. This feature is only available for HCP Packer enabled builds using the hcp_packer_image data source for setting a builder's source image. GH-11832

PLUGINS:

External plugins have been pinned to the following versions. Please see their respective changelogs for details on plugin specific bug fixes and improvements.

• azure@v1.1.0 - CHANGELOG
• hyperv@v1.0.4 - CHANGELOG
• parallels@v1.0.3 - CHANGELOG
• proxmox@v1.0.8 - CHANGELOG
• qemu@v1.0.5 - CHANGELOG
• vagrant@v1.0.3 - CHANGELOG
• virtualbox@v1.0.4 - CHANGELOG
• vmware@v1.0.7 - CHANGELOG
• vsphere@v1.0.5 - CHANGELOG

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Add pause_after configuration argument to Powershell provisioner. GH-11792
• HCP Packer data sources will now fail for revoked iterations to prevent building non-compliant images. GH-11854

BUG FIXES:

• Add missing support for the env configuration argument in remote shell provisioners. GH-11819
• The preinst and postrm user scripts, including the service configuration directives, have been removed from the Packer rpm installations packages, as Packer does not require a service user in order to run. GH-11831