IBM security advisory

Number: AV21-250
Date: 31 May 2021

Between 25 and 30 May 2021 IBM published Security Bulletins to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Included were critical updates for the following:

  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Db2 on AIX and Linux – versions 8.1.0.0 to 8.1.11.0 and 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.6.4
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications on AIX and Linux – versions 8.1.0.0 to 8.1.11.0 and 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.6.4
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle on AIX and Linux – versions 8.1.0.0 to 8.1.11.0 and 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.6.4
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle with SAP on AIX and Linux – versions 8.1.0.0 to 8.1.11.0 and 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.6.4
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker – versions 8.1.0.0 to 8.1.11.0 and 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.6.4
  • IBM MQ – versions 9.1 LTS, 9.0 LTS, 8.0, 9.2 CD, 9.1 CD and 9.2 LTS
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (on-prem) – versions 2.5, 3.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.5.3
  • IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale Liberty Deployment (XSLD) - versions 8.6.1.0 to 8.6.1.4
  • IBM Application Gateway – version 1.0
  • IBM Cognos Analytics – versions 11.0 and 11.1 

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web link and apply the necessary updates.

IBM Product Security Incident Response
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/

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