IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 7

February 17, 2025 Doug Bidwell

How secure you feeling today? Well, IBM i is generally pretty rock solid, but you have to stay on top of the security vulnerabilities. And there are two of them that are new this week.

First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i are vulnerable to a partial denial of service and a JNI function returning incorrect value length due to multiple vulnerabilities. You can find out more about this issue at this link, and here are the patches for it:

IBM i Release PTF Group

7.5 SF99955 Level 13

7.4 SF99665 Level 26

7.3 SF99725 Level 36

Then second, we have Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to a database access denial of service caused by a database capabilities bypass restriction check [CVE-2024-52895], which you can find out more about here. The IBM i 5770-SS1 PTF numbers listed below resolve the vulnerability:

IBM i Release PTFs

7.5 SJ03360

SJ03361

SJ03393

SJ03483

SJ03728

SJ03737

7.4 SJ03032

SJ03362

SJ03363

SJ03394

SJ03482

SJ03738

SJ03862

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

QMGTOOLS
Defective PTFs

PTF Groups 7.4:

QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

QMGTOOLS
Defective PTFs

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

None

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:

AcsConfig: Setting IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) Properties, 667125
AcsConfig: IBM i Access Client Solutions: Customization and Deployment, 666541

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 02/15/25. 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	02/14/25	SJ03360	DT422644	SJ03833 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ03138			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			SJ02952
			SJ02797
			SJ02479
			SJ02450
			SJ01867
			SJ01802					 
7.4	01/27/25	SJ03166	DT422373	SJ03785 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	01/27/25	SJ03169	DT422375	SJ03786 (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 15, 2025: Volume 27, Number 07

February 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 06

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