IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 18

May 1, 2023 Doug Bidwell

A new week, a new security vulnerability in the IBM i platform. This time around, we have Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libtasn1 (CVE-2021-46848) affects Power HMC, which you can read more about at this link. The Affected products and versions are: HMC V10.1.1010.0, HMC V10.2.1030.0, and HMC V9.2.950.0. The remediation/fixes for the vulnerability are:

Product	VRMF			APAR		Remediation/Fix
Power HMC	V9.2.950.0 SP3 ppc	MB04397	MH01954
Power HMC	V9.2.950.0 SP3 x86	MB04396	MH01953
Power HMC	V10.1.1020.0 SP1 ppc	MB04388	MF70701
Power HMC	V10.1.1020.0 SP1 x86	MB04387	MF70700
Power HMC	V10.2.1030.0 ppc	MB04401	MF70890
Power HMC	V10.2.1030.0 SP1 x86	MB04400	MF70889

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

IBM MQ for IBM i – v9.2.0/v9.3.0
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.4:

MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/v9.2.0/v9.3.0
SAP support required PTF list for IBM i 7.4
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.3:

MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2
Rational Developer for i

Tip O’ The Week: The “Help” About, Check for Updates only checks the first three digits. If you are on ACS 1.1.9.1, checking for updates will not tell you about 1.1.9.2 . . . .

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

Content Manager: IBM Content Manager OnDemand for i V7.3 Read This First document, 616869
Content Manager: IBM Content Manager OnDemand for i V7.4 Read This First document, 885943
Content Manager: IBM Content Manager OnDemand for i V7.5 Read This First document, 6555384
JAVA: Download, Installation, and Usage of Java 17 on the IBM i OS, 6982549

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

Nein

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

Nuthin’

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

Nothing here, either

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

Nothing here as well

The Guide at a glance: There are new defectives this week (04/29/23). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	-------		-------
7.5	02/24/23	MF70751		MA50112	        MF70868 (When available)
7.4	02/24/23	MF70747		MA50112	        MF70861 (When available)
7.3	02/22/23	MF70677		MA50059	        MF70736 (When available)
					MF70600
					MF70440

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:

April 29, 2023: Volume 25, Number 18

April 22, 2023: Volume 25, Number 17

April 15, 2023: Volume 25, Number 16

April 8, 2023: Volume 25, Number 15

April 1, 2023: Volume 25, Number 14

March 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 13

March 18, 2023: Volume 25, Number 12

March 11, 2023: Volume 25, Number 11

March 4, 2023: Volume 25, Number 10

February 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 9