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IBM PureApplication System Version 2.1.2.1

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Abstract

This document lists the fixes contained in IBM PureApplication System 2.1.2.1.

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To download the interim fix, go to the PureApplication System product page on Fix Central.

Version 2.1.2.1 includes a fix for this security vulnerability:

CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "SLOTH".


The following table contains the Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs) included in this release.

If an integrated pattern or component is not listed, there were no fixes for that pattern or component in this version.

System APARs

APAR
Abstract
'Pattern types' component backup fails
CWZIP1198I Test events occurring repeatedly on IBM PureApplication System
Console "Access granted to" section on virtual system instance performance issue
Issues accessing some virtual system patterns after upgrading to IBM PureApplication System version 2.1.2.0
PureApplication System: Event "CWZIP1110 failure writing to the internal management database"
IBM Integration Bus pattern maintenance Linux fix attributes are passed to AIX maintenance script
Virtual system pattern software components do not install in the order they are placed
The console page detail is intermittently not displayed
Call Home function fails to upload log files that are 2 gbytes in size or larger
Upgrade to PureApplication System version 2.1.2.0 fails with error CWZIP4419E
During a system upgrade the secondary PureSystems Manager hangs due to a ping issue
Delete of audit records on PureApplication fails
SQL Runtime exception event occurs during event reaper jobs
Clean up script in firmware upgrade code does not have sufficient logging
PureSystems Manager upgrade crashed during the system upgrade installation
Custom created OS image fails to deploy after upgrade to version 2.1.2.0
PureApplication System: Duplicate storage references causes compute node to move to quiesced state during upgrade

System Monitoring APARs

APAR
Abstract
Server cannot start up after removing System Monitoring Shared Service for WebSphere Application Server

Plug-in Development Kit APARs

APAR
Abstract
The IBM Workload Plug-in Development Kit version 1.1.4.0 is missing Javadoc and Pydoc

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Problems (APARS) fixed
IT12793;IT12819;IT12843;IT13086;IT13197;IT13244;IT13248;IT13249;IT13255;IT13279;IT13318;IT13374;IT13424;IT13485;IT13487;IT13581;IT12802;IT13267

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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