Kafka OCF Connector Release Notes

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

August 14, 2024

Kafka OCF Connector: Version 23.0.8991

Enhancements

SDK Upgrade

The Kafka OCF connector is now upgraded to SDK version 4.8.6.

This upgrade addresses the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs):

CVE-2022-25647, CVE-2023-2976, CVE-2020-8908, CVE-2021-22569, CVE-2021-22570, CVE-2022-3509, CVE-2022-3510, CVE-2022-3171, CVE-2021-29425, CVE-2021-37136, CVE-2021-37137, CVE-2019-20444, CVE-2021-21290, CVE-2021-43797, CVE-2022-24823, CVE-2024-29025, CVE-2021-21295, CVE-2021-21409, CVE-2020-11612, CVE-2019-20445, CVE-2023-34462, GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p.

Docker CIS Benchmark Compliance

Kafka OCF connector version 23.0.8991 and newer are now Docker CIS benchmark compliant. (AL-165684)

Fixed Issues

Metadata Extraction Fails

Metadata Extraction fails due to Java Heap Error.

The issue is now fixed. (AL-168054)