Fix Readme
Abstract
This readme is for IBM Business Automation Workflow on containers 23.0.1 interim fixes released periodically to resolve security vulnerabilities, as well as other defects. It includes information about the CASE package download, installation, and other information about interim fixes for the 23.0.1 release.
Content
| Readme file for | IBM Business Automation Workflow on containers |
|---|---|
| Product release | 23.0.1 |
| Publication date | 28 July 2023 |
Contents
Prerequisites and superseding fixes
Components impacted
Before installation
Installing the interim fix
Performing the necessary tasks after installation
Uninstalling
List of fixes
Document change history
Components impacted
Before installation
Installing the interim fix
Performing the necessary tasks after installation
Uninstalling
List of fixes
Document change history
Prerequisites and superseding fixes
- Each interim fix typically supersedes all other previous interim fixes shipped for 23.0.1, and compliments a simultaneously delivered interim fix for IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 23.0.1. Consult the following table for specific relationships.
- Business Automation Workflow on containers delivers container images that include operating system level and other open source libraries. Vulnerabilities (CVEs) for these libraries are published regularly. These interim fixes include fixes for these libraries. Consult the superseded and related Cloud Pak for Business Automation 23.0.1 Readmes for specific information about vulnerabilities and other defects that have been addressed.
Business Automation Workflow on containers interim fixes
| Interim fix name | Superseded interim fix names | CASE package | Complimentary Cloud Pak for Business Automation interim fix name | Released |
| 23.0.1 IF006 | See note (*) below | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.6.tgz | 23.0.1 IF006 | December 2023 |
| 23.0.1 IF005 | See note (*) below | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.5.tgz | 23.0.1 IF005 | November 2023 |
| 23.0.1 IF004 | See note (*) below | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.4.tgz | 23.0.1 IF004 | October 2023 |
| 23.0.1 IF003 | See note (*) below | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.3.tgz | 23.0.1 IF003 | September 2023 |
| 23.0.1 IF002 | * Note: All previous interim fixes listed in this table | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.2.tgz | 23.0.1 IF002 | August 2023 |
| 23.0.1 IF001 | None | ibm-cs-bawautomation-2.5.1.tgz | 23.0.1 IF001 | July 2023 |
The previous table is chronologically listed in reverse order, with more recent fixes listed at the top.
Components impacted
Before installation
a. Ensure you back up all databases associated with the environment.
b. Ensure your operators are in a healthy state before upgrading.
If one or more operators are failing, the system might be prevented from completing an upgrade. Check a few of the important custom resource (CR) statuses for failures and to ensure the statuses appear ready for the various installed components.
Check the status of the following CRs when they exist:
oc get icp4acluster -o yaml
Installing the interim fix
Important: Using individual image tag settings in your Business Automation Workflow CR file could prevent the operator from updating the images to the appropriate version. When you upgrade, ensure you remove these settings for a production installation.
Use the CASE package that is associated with the interim fix being applied. It is typically recommended that the latest interim fix be applied. To identify the appropriate CASE package, as well as links to obtain each package, see the table under Prerequisites and superseding fixes.
Business Automation Workflow 23.0.1 interim fixes are released to the v23.1 operator channel. After the operator is upgraded, rolling updates for all the pods the operator manages are triggered to ensure they are updated to the appropriate version that matches the operator.
If your environment has access to the IBM entitled registry and has an automatic v23.1 channel subscription, enterprise installations are upgraded automatically. This upgrade usually occurs when the interim fix is released or when images are mirrored for air-gap setup.
Depending on the current setup and state of your existing environment, various manual actions might be required. The following scenarios cover what actions might be needed for a particular setup.
- Scenario 1: Your installation is version 21.0.2.x or earlier.
Actions: If you are using a version earlier than 21.0.3, you must upgrade first. To upgrade your environment, follow the Upgrading automation containers instructions.
When you perform the upgrade, you can substitute the CASE package from this interim fix for the 22.0.2 CASE package while you follow the instructions. For air-gapped environments, you can use the case save command in step 1 of scenario 3.
Note: If you are using versions that are earlier than 21.0.2, you must incrementally upgrade and follow the instructions for each version between your source version and 22.0.2. - Scenario 2: Your installation is online and 22.0.2.x.
Actions: After these steps are completed, the operators are automatically upgraded.
You can apply the following catalog sources from a command line by creating a YAML file (for example, cp4ba_catalog_sources.yaml) with the following catalog sources and performing "oc apply -f cp4ba_catalog_sources.yaml", or you can apply the catalog sources by using the OCP console.apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1 kind: CatalogSource metadata: name: ibm-operator-catalog namespace: openshift-marketplace spec: displayName: "IBM Operator Catalog" image: icr.io/cpopen/ibm-operator-catalog publisher: IBM sourceType: grpc updateStrategy: registryPoll: interval: 45m - Scenario 3: Your installation is air gapped and 22.0.2.x.
- Set up the environment variables for CASE, taking 22.0.2-IF001 as example:
- export CASE_NAME=ibm-cs-bawautomation
- export OFFLINEDIR=/tmp/cp4ba2202-if001
- export CASE_VERSION=2.4.2
- export CASE_INVENTORY_SETUP=cp4aOperatorSetup
- export CASE_ARCHIVE=${CASE_NAME}/${CASE_VERSION}/${CASE_NAME}-${CASE_VERSION}.tgz
- export CASE_LOCAL_PATH=${OFFLINEDIR}/${CASE_ARCHIVE}
- Download the Cloud Pak archives and image inventory, and put them in the offline store
cloudctl case save \ --case https://github.com/IBM/cloud-pak/raw/master/repo/case/${CASE_ARCHIVE} \ --outputdir ${OFFLINEDIR}and then unpack the case file:cd ${OFFLINEDIR} tar -xvzf ${CASE_ARCHIVE} cd cert-kubernetes - Mirror images to trigger the operator upgrades.
- Mirror the entitled registry images to the local registry by completing the same steps you followed during installation. For more information, see Mirroring images to the private registry.
Important: Ensure you use the CASE image outputdir (/tmp/cp4ba-241) from step 1. - If you have subscriptions set to manual, you must approve all the pending operator updates.
Important: Do not set subscriptions to manual because it can make the the upgrade more error prone if some of the many operator updates are not approved. By default all subscriptions are set to automatic.
- Set up the environment variables for CASE, taking 22.0.2-IF001 as example:
After the operators are upgraded, the upgrade of the related deployments and pods is triggered.
Performing the necessary tasks after installation
Review the installation
Review the CR yaml status section and operator logs after the upgrade to ensure no failures prevented your pods from upgrading.
oc get icp4acluster -o yaml > CP4BAconfig.yaml
oc logs deployment/ibm-cp4a-operator -c operator > operator.log
To verify the expected image digest for a particular image, review the
ibm-cp-automation\inventory\cp4aOperatorSdk\resources.yaml file in the CASE package. This file has a listing of the images managed by the Cloud Pak for Business Automation operator and their expected digest for this particular interim fix level.Uninstalling
There is no procedure to uninstall the interim fix.
List of fixes
The following APARs are specific to Business Automation Workflow on containers. Depending on the components and capabilities you installed and configured, additional fix information might apply to you. See the "List of Fixes" in the readmes linked under Complimentary Cloud Pak for Business Automation interim fixes in the Prerequisites and superseding fixes section in this document. These readmes detail vulnerability fixes shipped with interim fixes for included operating system level and other open source libraries. The fixes below are also listed in those readmes, but they are also listed here as a convenience.
Fixes that involve security are indicated with an X mark.
Business Automation Workflow
23.0.1 IF006
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT222737 | Applying a Case solution audit manifest with document or task properties fails | ||
| DT245484 | BPMMIGRATEINSTANCES COMMAND NOT MIGRATE ALL PROCESS INSTANCES IN A NETWORK DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MULTIPLE NODES | ||
| DT247004 | Performance Degradation and Excessive SQL Queries for Team Binding Page Load | ||
| DT247086 | Deleting on Hold Event manager task could fails with error | ||
| DT247283 | Input mapping for the 'SFinput2' parameter of 'SF1' activity is not valid. Error message in CP4BA v23.0.1 is found in WebPD while creating a Data mapping for a system task | ||
| DT247327 | javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException: com.ibm.xtq.xslt.jaxp.HandledRuntimeException | ||
| DT247383 | Boolean variable data mapping dropdown not correctly set to boolean value | ||
| DT247615 | NoSuchAlgorithmException when using Team Filter Services | ||
| DT254751 | Can't create a new case with multi-select (dropdown) property values that contain space(s) |
23.0.1 IF005
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT230451 | X | SECURITY APAR CVE-2023-40691 - INFORMATION LEAKAGE IN IBM BUSINESS AUTOMATION WORKFLOW | |
| DT189591 | Changing the admin_user setting for Business Automation Studio or Business Automation Workflow is not effective | ||
| DT243230 | Case editor in IBM Process Designer returns "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '_model')" when a reused property is dragged to the coach | ||
| DT243347 | THE DEFAULT DATE IN THE DATE PICKER SHOWS THE PAST DATE WHEN YOU CREATE A NEW VALUE FOR AN EXPOSED PROCESS VALUE IN PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE | ||
| DT243748 | IN PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE PREFIX OF THE SERVER NAME DISPLAYS THE ACRONYM OF THE PROCESS APPLICATION INSTEAD OF THE TOOLKIT |
23.0.1 IF004
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT239437 | Click 'Apply Changes' button has no effect after modified ECM server in ProcessAdmin console. | ||
| DT239545 | VIEWING THE XML SCHEMA OF A BUSINESS OBJECT IN IBM BUSINESS AUTOMATION BUSINESS STUDIO FAILS WITH A 404 NOT FOUND PAGE IN CLOUD PAK FOR BUSINESS AUTOMATION V23.0.1 | ||
| DT241285 | SCHEDULED EVENT MANAGER TASKS WITH LONG DESCRIPTIONS CAUSING DATABASE EXCEPTION | ||
| DT242547 | Restores the original behaviour of returning null when no work item is returned. | Saved search execution doesn't return null when no work items are returned |
23.0.1 IF003
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT224476 | JAVA.LANG.NOSUCHFIELDERROR: ORG/APACHE/XERCES/IMPL/XS/XSELEMENTDECL.FSUBGROUP ERROR OCCURS WHEN IMPORTING SOME WSDL FILES | ||
| DT224607 | You notice the time picker of the Date time picker view does not show the selection list when clicked | ||
| DT225302 | TABLE VIEW FROM THE COACHES TOOLKIT IS NOT DISPLAYING NESTED TABLES CORRECTLY | ||
| DT228436 | Typeahead Text component throwing Ajax item list fetching error when pulling data from a service | ||
| DT236804 | Internal groups get deactivated at server start | ||
| DT237106 | Workplace task list does not refresh automatically | ||
| DT238616 | Setting the purge-minimum-interval property has no effect |
23.0.1 IF002
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT215116 | X | CVE-2023-33858 REFLECTED CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING IN PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE | |
| DT225151 | X | SECURITY APAR DT225151 - CVE-2021-33813 MAY AFFECT CUSTOM APPS IN IBM BUSINESS AUTOMATION WORKFLOW | |
| DT224071 | X | SECURITY APAR - MULTIPLE VULNERABILITIES IN SNAPPY-JAVA MAY AFFECT BAW EVENT EMMITERS | |
| DT223183 | Case Builder saves and loads solutions from an incorrect project area in a CP4BA Workflow Authoring cluster | ||
| DT223725 | PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE DOES NOT DISPLAY WEB SERVICE SERVER IN SERVERS TAB | ||
| DT224070 | YOU SEE ERROR CWTBG0019E: UNEXPECTED EXCEPTION DURING EXECUTION. EXCEPTION INFORMATION: 'NULL' IN PROCESS MONITOR PAGE OF PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE | ||
| DT224799 | Messages sent to topics related to Kafka services within the first 5 minutes after a version is created, installed, or imported might not be processed | ||
| DT227809 | THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS IS NOT LISTED AS AN OPTION FOR THE PAGE SIZE IN PROCESS ADMIN CONSOLE | ||
| DT228408 | Remove the useless case_workitem_search_in_es parameter from CR template | ||
| DT228650 | SNAPSHOT DEPLOYMENT FAILS WITH NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION | ||
| DT228796 | Pods do not restart automatically when internal certificates are renewed |
23.0.1 IF001
| Known Issue | Security APAR | Behavior change | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT220253 | TASK NARRATIVE SECTION IN EMAIL NOTIFICATION IS NOT POPULATED FOR ALL TASKS IN PROCESS PORTAL | ||
| DT220319 | PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION WHEN RUNNING REST API (DELETE) /OPS/STD/BPM/PROCESSES OR RUNNING BPMPROCESSINSTANCESPURGE COMMAND | ||
| DT223311 | Workflow pod readiness probe show the wrong status for User Management Services | ||
| DT223489 | Workplace Team Dashboard does not display team statistics for Workflow servers using SQL Server database |
Document change history
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Modified date:
07 January 2024
UID
ibm17009721