IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 18

May 13, 2024 Doug Bidwell

Well, this week is a little bit lighter when it comes to new security vulnerabilities in the IBM i stack, so that is a good way to start out the next five business days plus the extra that system admins often have to do because weekends are when it is safe to tweak systems.

On the vulnerability front, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-22354), which you can find out more about at this link. Here is the list of affected products for this vulnerability:

Affected Product(s)				Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty		17.0.0.3 - 24.0.0.4
IBM WebSphere Application Server		9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server		8.5

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.5:

What’s New!
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

What’s New!
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

What’s New!
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

Tip O’ The Week: IBM Power Facts and Features: which you can find out more about at this link. Updated to include the new “Bonnell” Power S1012. Also, register for the webcast covering the Power S1012 announcement, which will be held on May 14, at https://ibm.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1664204&tp_key=10fd9b4ab8.

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in the guide this week:

SPT: IBM System Planning Tool for Power Systems, 632531
Library: Library Information for Some Libraries, 644837
SYSTEM: Power Systems, in French

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in the guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in the guide this week:

ACS: Getting started with Run SQL Scripts and IBM i Services

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Prtr Links’ tab in the guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

IBM Power S1012 Technical Overview and Introduction, at https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5728.html?Open

The Guide at a glance: There are new defectives this week (05/11/24). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-	-----------------------	
7.5	04/23/24	SI85693		DT378886	SJ00269 (When available)
			SI84240
7.4	04/23/24	SI85692		DT378886	SJ00268 (When available)
			SI84239
7.3	01/10/24	SI85576		SE81023	SI85663 (When available)

Be sure to access the link in the Guide for further details.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

May 11, 2024: Volume 26, Number 18

May 4, 2024: Volume 26, Number 17

April 20, 2024: Volume 26, Number 16

April 13, 2024: Volume 26, Number 15

April 6, 2024: Volume 26, Number 14

March 30, 2024: Volume 26, Number 13

March 24, 2024: Volume 26, Number 12

March 16, 2024: Volume 26, Number 11

March 9, 2024: Volume 26, Number 10

March 2, 2024: Volume 26, Number 9