Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 16
April 22, 2024 Doug Bidwell
It is an interesting time out there in PTF Land, so brace yourself. There are four security bulletins and two security warnings about potential denial of service vulnerabilities. Let’s do the security bulletins first and then the denial of service issues.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM i Access Client Solutions is vulnerable to an infinite loop or out of memory error due to vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress, which you can find out more about at this link. The affected product(s) include IBM i Access Family versions 1.1.2 – 1.1.4, and versions 1.1.4.3 – 1.1.9.4. The issue can …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 15
April 15, 2024 Doug Bidwell
Hey, this is interesting. We have no security vulnerabilities to report on this week for the IBM i platform. And this is also interesting. There is a new version of Access Client Solutions, called V1.1.9.5. We will be putting together a news story to talk about this, but in the meantime, we thought you should know that it is out. There ain’t a lot else going on, as you will see.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.5:
- IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.9.5
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.4: …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 14
April 10, 2024 Doug Bidwell
As we continue to “play ketchup” after the Easter holiday and have two issues of the IBM i PTF Guide this week, three is the actual magic number as we once again have three security vulnerabilities and an oddity that we became aware of over the weekend for the IBM i software stack. We will start with the security holes, as we always do.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server could provide weaker than expected security (CVE-2023-50313), which you can find out more about at this link. The affected versions include WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 13
April 8, 2024 Doug Bidwell
Three is the magic number, as we all know. This week, there is another trio of vulnerabilities in parts of the IBM i software stack. And all three currently supported IBM i releases all have a slew of group patches as well. Let’s start with the vulnerabilities because these are always important to know about and deal with.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (CVE-2024-27270), which you can find out more about at this link. The affected products include IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, versions 23.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 – who …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 12
March 25, 2024 Doug Bidwell
It’s a pretty quiet week in IBM i PTF Land, which is just want you want as Spring has sprung and we are getting ready for the Easter holiday coming next weekend. So, no security vulnerabilities to report this week, which is a good thing. There are some group PTFs for the current releases and we have added some new links to the IBM i PTF Guide spreadsheet as well.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.5:
- DB2 for IBM i
- SAP support required PTF list for IBM
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 11
March 18, 2024 Doug Bidwell
This week in IBM i is sponsored by security vulnerabilities and precious little else. There are three security vulnerabilities that are new that you need to be aware of, so let’s get to it and let you get back to work.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 Web Query for i is vulnerable to a remote attacker bypassing security restrictions or to denial of service, which you can read more about here. The fixes are as follows:
IBM Db2 Web Query for i Release OS Release 5733WQX 2.4.0 7.4 and 7.5 SI85982 SI85987
Second, we have Security Bulletin: …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 10
March 11, 2024 Doug Bidwell
The beat just keeps on rolling for IBM i 7.2, which is now four releases back from the current IBM i 7.5 release and which is still getting updates. There is a new Group HIPER again this week after there being a Group HIPER only a week ago, and there is also a Group Security set of patches, too, for IBM i 7.2.
To be precise, there is a new 720 Group HIPER, level 243, rolled up in PTF patch SF99719, which you can read about here. There is also a new 720 Group Security, level 130, rolled up …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 9
March 4, 2024 Doug Bidwell
IBM i 7.2 has been superseded a long time ago, but there is still a lot of it in the Power Systems installed base and Big Blue is still making updates to it for those customers who are stuck on the 7.2 release and who are stuck paying for extended support, which is very expensive. To that end, there is a new 720 Group HIPER, level 242, rolled up in PTF patch SF99719, which you can read about here.
There are also two new security vulnerabilities for the IBM i stack.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 8
February 26, 2024 Doug Bidwell
It is a rare week when there is not some sort of security bulletin that affects all of the major operating systems, and this week is not one of those rare weeks. There are three security vulnerabilities affecting the current IBM i releases as well as a group of security patches for the vintage IBM i 7.2 release. Let’s get started with the security vulnerabilities, as is our common practice.
First, we have Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to January 2024 CPU, which you can …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 7
February 19, 2024 Doug Bidwell
Aside from two new security vulnerabilities, it has been a pretty quiet week in IBM i PTF Land. There are some updates for the current releases of IBM i – that would be IBM i 7.4 and IBM i 7.5 that are both on standard support and IBM i 7.3 that is on extended support – and of course there are some new defective PTFs that Big Blue needs to make you aware of, as often happens because all modern platforms are complex and all of them sometimes have patches that have unintended consequences.
Let’s start with the security issues, …
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