IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 5

February 3, 2025 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to February! Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter after being awakened from his slumber and seeing his shadow in the western Pennylvania town that is the adjective of the groundhog’s formal name. But, then again, don’t be too upset about the lingering winter. This furry prognosticator is only right 39 percent of the time, which is a little bit worse than flipping a coin.

Frankly, the best supercomputers in the world can’t predict the weather, either, because the conditions are changing faster than the models. . . so there is that.

We can predict with near perfect accuracy that the IBM i platform remains one of the most securable systems on the planet, however – if you keep on top of things. This week, we have a notice from IBM. Specifically, PH64741: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service due to Netty (CVE-2024-47535 CVSS 5.5). You can read about it here. IBM says that the fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in 25.0.0.2, and that for more information, customers should see Recommended Updates for WebSphere Application Server here.

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

None

PTF Groups 7.4:

None

PTF Groups 7.3:

None

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

PTF: IBM i Group PTFs with level, 7025229
PTF: Deleting PTF-Related Save Files and Cover Letters, 644479
PTF/Migrate: IBM i Migrate While Active – PTF Information, 7178565
SSH: How to set up the IBM i SSH daemon to autostart with TCP/IP, 1375275
SSH: Starting the SSH Daemon in a Dedicated Subsystem Environment (7.3), 637223

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

QMGTOOLS: Check Disk Fragmentation, 7181878

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

TLS: Enabling TLS for IBM Navigator for i using WebAdmin, 7166029

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

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

None

New (or Updated) “Stuff” added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

The Guide at a glance:

There were new defectives the week of 02/01/25. Defective PTF rundown – the latest defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

	Defect	   Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date	   PTF				PTF
	--------   --------	---------	-----------------------	
7.5	01/27/25   SJ03075	DT422373	SJ03783 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			 				Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.4	01/27/25   SJ03166	DT422373	SJ03785 (When available)(read the recommendations)
		   MJ03071			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
		   MJ02878
		   MJ02842
		   MJ02689
		   MJ02565
7.3	11/25/24   SI85462	DT417583	SJ03169 (When available)(read the recommendations)

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:

February 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 05

January 25, 2025: Volume 27, Number 04

January 18, 2025: Volume 27, Number 03

January 11, 2025: Volume 27, Number 02

January 04, 2025: Volume 27, Number 01

December 21, 2024: Volume 26, Number 50

December 14, 2024: Volume 26, Number 49

December 7, 2024: Volume 26, Number 48

November 30, 2024: Volume 26, Number 47

November 23, 2024: Volume 26, Number 46