IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 26

June 29, 2022 Doug Bidwell

There have been some remediations for some issues with the MQSeries message queuing middleware for the IBM i platform, including IBM MQ Version 9.2.4 CD and IBM MQ Version 9.2.5 CD. You can find out more here. As for remediation or fixes, this issue was resolved under APAR IT40453. Upgrade to IBM MQ Version 9.3, there are no workarounds and mitigations.

And then, of course, there is a new security vulnerability. Check out Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to multiple Eclipse Jetty issues, so please see more at this link, and see CVE-2021-28169, CVE-2021-34428, CVE-2021-28163, CVE-2021-28164, CVE-2021-34429, CVE-2021-28165. This issue was resolved under APAR IT38935 for IBM MQ 9.1 LTS and 9.2 LTS. This issue was resolved under APAR IT39538 for IBM MQ 9.1 CD and 9.2 CD. Remediation/Fixes:

IBM MQ 9.1 LTS: Apply FixPack 9.1.0.10
IBM MQ 9.2 LTS: Apply FixPack 9.2.0.3
IBM MQ 9.1 CD and 9.2 CD: Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.2.5

Workarounds and Mitigations for these:

None

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

Latest Cumulative PTF Package
HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.4:

Latest Cumulative PTF Package
HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.3:

Latest Cumulative PTF Package
HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.2:

Latest Cumulative PTF Package
HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.1:

Nothing

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

Nadda

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

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

Nothing here.

Tips/Definitions: It is hot around the Northern Hemisphere. Stay hydrated, don’t overdo it.

The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (06/25/22). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

Defective PTF rundown (The last defective for each release):

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-------
7.5	06/03/22	SI78809		SE78003	SI80094 (When available)
7.4	06/22/22	MF69859		MA49739	MF70026 (When available)
			MF69848
			MF69823
			MF69756
			MF69743
			MF69740
			MF69736
			MF69501
			MF69477
			MF69435
			MF69411
			MF69196
			MF69193
			MF68999
			MF68985		

7.3	06/22/22	MF69735		MA49739	MF70028 (When available)
			MF68984	
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:

June 25, 2022: Volume 24, Number 26

June 18, 2022: Volume 24, Number 25

June 11, 2022: Volume 24, Number 24

June 4, 2022: Volume 24, Number 23

May 28, 2022: Volume 24, Number 22

May 25, 2022: Volume 24, Number 21

May 14, 2022: Volume 24, Number 20

May 7, 2022: Volume 24, Number 19

April 30, 2022: Volume 24, Number 18

April 23, 2022: Volume 24, Number 17