IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Numbers 51, 52, And 53

January 10, 2024 Doug Bidwell

With a holiday that started on December 15, the good folks at IT Jungle have a bit of catching up to do with the IBM i PTF Guide, which just kept rolling through 53 editions in 2023. (Yes, we know there are only 52 weeks in a year, but the way the days line up, you can get an extra edition of the Guide in a year.)

In Volume 25, Number 51, we had Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i is vulnerable to denial of service due to a flaw in handling multiplexed streams (CVE-2023-44487), which you can read more about at this link. Here are the related fixes:

IBM i Release	PTF Numbers
7.5	SI85401
7.4	SI85402
7.3	SI85403
7.2	SI85404

There were no PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published in Issue 51:

Tip O’ The Week: IBM i Access Client Solutions uses the same IBM i host servers as the other IBM i Access Family products. Beginning with version 1.1.9.1 an IBM i Access Family license is no longer required to use the 5250 emulation and Data Transfer features.

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

EIM_NAS: Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM)/Network Authentication Services (NAS) Error Codes and Solutions, 645541

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

Applications deployed within ADMINx jobs, 6615341

There were new defectives the week of 12/09/23. Here were the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	------------------------	
7.5	10/06/23	SI84569		SE80598	SI84813 (When available)
7.4	10/06/23	SI84583		SE80598	SI84817 (When available)
7.3	10/06/23	SI84586		SE80598	SI84842 (When available)

Be sure to access the link in the Guide for further details.

Now, on to Issue 52. No security vulnerabilities, but there were some PTF Groups, as follows:

PTF Groups 7.5:

Temporary Storage PTFs

PTF Groups 7.4:

Temporary Storage PTFs

PTF Groups 7.3:

Temporary Storage PTFs

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

TLS: How To Disable TLS for the ADMIN HTTP Server and ADMIN1, ADMIN2, and ADMIN3 Application Servers, 687457

There were new defectives for the week of 12/23/23. Defective PTF rundown (The last defective for each release):

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	------------------------	
7.5	10/06/23	SI84569		SE80598	SI84813 (When available)
7.4	10/06/23	SI84583		SE80598	SI84817 (When available)
7.3	10/06/23	SI84586		SE80598	SI84842 (When available)

In Issue 53, there was some security vulnerability action, with Security Bulletin: IBM Facsimile Support for i is vulnerable to a local user gaining elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call (CVE-2023-43064), which you can read more about here. The IBM i PTF number for IBM i 5798-FAX version V5R8M0 contains the fix for the vulnerability.

IBM i Release	PTF Number
7.5		SI85576	
7.4		SI85576	
7.3		SI85576	
7.2 		SI85576

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since Issue 52 was published:

PTF Groups 7.5

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security

PTF Groups 7.4

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security

PTF Groups 7.3

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security

Issue 53 of The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 12/30/23. Here were the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	------------------------	
7.5	10/06/23	SI84569		SE80598	SI84813 (When available)
7.4	10/06/23	SI84583		SE80598	SI84817 (When available)
7.3	10/06/23	SI84586		SE80598	SI84842 (When available)

(Be sure to access the link in the guide for your release for further details!)

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

December 30, 2023: Volume 25, Number 53

December 23, 2023: Volume 25, Number 52

December 16, 2023: Volume 25, Number 51

December 9, 2023: Volume 25, Number 50

December 2, 2023: Volume 25, Number 49

November 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 48

November 18, 2023: Volume 25, Number 47

November 11, 2023: Volume 25, Number 46

November 4, 2023: Volume 25, Number 45

October 28, 2023: Volume 25, Number 44