IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 19
May 11, 2022 Doug Bidwell
So here is what’s new. Here is a notice at the top of the Fix Central Home Page: “Your action may be required. IBM will implement infrastructure improvements to electronic fix distribution on June 4, 2022. IP and hostnames will change for servers that support fix delivery. New connections are required. You must configure your firewall and proxy server if you have a firewall in your network, or if your machine uses a proxy server to access the internet. Please see preparing firewalls and proxies.”
And here is another note from the PTF Cume Cover Letter: “IMPORTANT: Permanently apply any temporarily applied Licensed Internal Code PTFs on your partition before installing this cumulative PTF package:
APYPTF LICPGM(5770999) SELECT(*ALL) APY(*PERM)
This is mandatory going forward according to IBM Tech Support.”
Also, there is a Security Bulletin: Due to use of Apache Log4j, OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2021-4104), which you can find out more about here. PTF Fixes are here:
OmniFind for i Release IBM i Release PTF Number V1R6M0 7.5 SI78636,SI78665,SI78673 V1R5M0 7.4 SI78753,SI78754,SI78755 V1R4M0 7.3 SI78756,SI78757,SI78758 V1R3M0 7.2 SI78751,SI78759,SI78760,SI78761
And another Security Bulletin: IBM i components are vulnerable to data access due to CVE-2022-22481, which you can read about there.
IBM Navigator for i (heritage version only) – IBM i 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 (heritage version). This issue can be fixed by applying PTFs to IBM i. The IBM i PTF numbers containing the fix:
Affected Product(s) Version(s) IBM i Release 5770-SS1 PTF Number 7.4 SI79557 SI79558 7.3 SI79559 SI79560 7.2 SI79561 SI79562
It is strongly recommended that IBM Navigator for i – heritage version not be used due to other vulnerabilities as documented in this security bulletin: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6539162.
Statement of direction – IBM intends in the future to remove IBM Navigator for i heritage version by deleting all associated files from the system for IBM i 7.3 & 7.4 releases.
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
And there is another Log4j mitigation sheet, which you can download here.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- Nothing
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Nothing as well
PTF Groups 7.2:
- IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Groups 7.1:
- And again nothing
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in the guide this week:
- System V7R5 Memo to Users
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in the guide this week:
- Nothing
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in the guide this week:
- Enabling SSL/TLS for IBM Navigator for i 667835
Tips/Definitions: No time.
The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (05/07/22). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:
Defect Defective APAR Fixing Date PTF PTF -------- -------- ------- ------- 7.5 No Entries 7.4 2/16/22 MF69373 MA49558 MF69650 (Read the link in the guide!) MF69241 7.3 2/16/22 SI78508 SE77164 SI78674 (Read the link in the guide!) 7.2 12/08/21 SI77634 SE73420 SI78039 (Read the link in the guide!) 7.1 07/29/19 SI69653 SE71807 SI70603 (5733SC1, OpenSSH, 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 7, 2022: Volume 24, Number 19
April 30, 2022: Volume 24, Number 18
April 23, 2022: Volume 24, Number 17
April 16, 2022: Volume 24, Number 16
April 2, 2022: Volume 24, Number 14
March 26, 2022: Volume 24, Number 13
March 19, 2022: Volume 24, Number 12
March 12, 2022: Volume 24, Number 11
March 5, 2022: Volume 24, Number 10
February 26, 2022: Volume 24, Number 9
February 19, 2022: Volume 24, Number 8
February 12, 2022: Volume 24, Number 7
February 5, 2022: Volume 24, Number 6
January 29, 2022: Volume 24, Number 5
January 22, 2022: Volume 24, Number 4
January 15, 2022: Volume 24, Number 3
January 8, 2022: Volume 24, Number 2
January 1, 2022: Volume 24, Number 1
December 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 48
November 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 47
November 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 46
November 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 45
October 30, 2021: Volume 23, Number 44
October 23, 2021: Volume 23, Number 43
October 16, 2021: Volume 23, Number 42
October 9, 2021: Volume 23, Number 41
October 2, 2021: Volume 23, Number 40
September 25, 2021: Volume 23, Number 39
September 18, 2021: Volume 23, Number 38
September 11, 2021: Volume 23, Number 37
September 4, 2021: Volume 23, Number 36
August 28, 2021: Volume 23, Number 35
August 21, 2021: Volume 23, Number 34
August 14, 2021: Volume 23, Number 33
August 7, 2021: Volume 23, Number 32
July 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 31
July 24, 2021: Volume 23, Number 30
July 17, 2021: Volume 23, Number 29
July 10, 2021: Volume 23, Number 28
July 3, 2021: Volume 23, Number 27
June 26, 2021: Volume 23, Number 26
June 19, 2021: Volume 23, Number 25
June 12, 2021: Volume 23, Number 24
June 5, 2021: Volume 23, Number 23
June 5, 2021: Volume 23, Number 22
May 22, 2021: Volume 23, Number 21
May 15, 2021: Volume 23, Number 20
May 8, 2021: Volume 23, Number 19
May 1, 2021: Volume 23, Number 18
April 24, 2021: Volume 23, Number 17
April 17, 2021: Volume 23, Number 16
April 10, 2021: Volume 23, Number 15
April 3, 2021: Volume 23, Number 14
March 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 13
March 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 12
March 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 11
March 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 10
February 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 9
February 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 8
February 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 7
February 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 6
January 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 5
January 23, 2021: Volume 23, Number 4
January 16, 2021: Volume 23, Number 3
January 9, 2021: Volume 23, Number 2
January 2, 2021: Volume 23, Number 1
December 26, 2020: Volume 22, Number 52
December 19, 2020: Volume 22, Number 51
December 12, 2020: Volume 22, Number 50
December 5, 2020: Volume 22, Number 49
November 28, 2020: Volume 22, Number 48
November 20, 2020: Volume 22, Number 47
November 14, 2020: Volume 22, Number 46
November 7, 2020: Volume 22, Number 45
October 31, 2020: Volume 22, Number 44
October 24, 2020: Volume 22, Number 43
October 17, 2020: Volume 22, Number 42
October 10, 2020: Volume 22, Number 41
October 3, 2020: Volume 22, Number 40
September 26, 2020: Volume 22, Number 39
September 19, 2020: Volume 22, Number 38
September 12, 2020: Volume 22, Number 37
September 5, 2020: Volume 22, Number 36
August 29, 2020: Volume 22, Number 35
August 22, 2020: Volume 22, Number 34
August 15, 2020: Volume 22, Number 33
August 9, 2020: Volume 22, Number 32
August 1, 2020: Volume 22, Number 31
July 25, 2020: Volume 22, Number 30
July 18, 2020: Volume 22, Number 29
July 11, 2020: Volume 22, Number 28
July 4, 2020: Volume 22, Number 27
June 27, 2020: Volume 22, Number 26
June 20, 2020: Volume 22, Number 25
June 13, 2020: Volume 22, Number 24
June 6, 2020: Volume 22, Number 23
May 30, 2020: Volume 22, Number 22
May 23, 2020: Volume 22, Number 21
May 16, 2020: Volume 22, Number 20
May 9, 2020: Volume 22, Number 19
May 2, 2020: Volume 22, Number 18
April 25, 2020: Volume 22, Number 17
April 18, 2020: Volume 22, Number 16
