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IBM Patches Privilege Escalation Flaw In Db2 Mirror

September 18, 2019 Alex Woodie

Much of the Western World may take August off, but apparently not hackers and other off-book computer enthusiasts, as IBM addressed several security problems across its IBM i software family last month. The list of security flaws include a privilege escalation flaw in Db2 Mirror and OpenSSL and BIND vulnerabilities in IBM i itself. Power Systems firmware and Sterling data integration products also saw patches.

The lowlight of the month’s security news arguably goes to Db2 Mirror, the new database clustering technology that IBM released in June with the delivery of IBM i 7.4. The software is designed to provide …
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IBM Patches Security Flaws In IBM i

September 12, 2018 Alex Woodie

IBM last week shared details of two new OpenSSL vulnerabilities that are impacting all supported versions of IBM i. That came on the heels of two more vulnerabilities that were disclosed last month in IBM i’s Python implementation and the HTTP Server. All of the flaws have been patched by IBM.

IBM i 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 are impacted by the pair of OpenSSL vulnerabilities disclosed by IBM on August 30. Neither of the flaws, which include CVE-2018-0732 and CVE-2018-0737, are particularly nasty, but they do open gaps in the platform’s security apparatus just the same, so it’s important to …
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IBM Patches Another BIND Flaw In IBM i

March 28, 2018 Alex Woodie

A serious flaw has been discovered in the BIND networking service that could be used to launch a denial of service attack against impacted servers, including IBM i. IBM patched the flaw in every version of the OS from IBM i 6.1 to 7.3 with a program temporary fix (PTF) made available earlier this month. IBM also patched a serious flaw in WebSphere that could let information leak out.

According to the IBM security bulletin issued March 12, the ISC BIND flaw known as CVE-2017-3145 has the potential to allow a remote attacker to crash a vulnerable server by sending …
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Have You Patched Those 35 Java Vulns on IBM i?

July 19, 2017 Alex Woodie

IBM i shops that take security seriously will want to know that IBM has issued a number of security patches over the past several months. The patch count since March includes fixes for security vulnerabilities in various technologies supported in IBM i 6.1 through 7.3, including 35 alone in Java, as well as flaws in Python, Samba, BIND, and the integrated Web server.

Implementing security patches, or program temporary fixes (PTFs) in IBM jargon, is one of the easiest ways to ensure your system is kept up-to-date against vulnerabilities that are constantly being exposed by the hacker community. It’s also …
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