Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Security Guardium Data Protection sniffer patch 12.0p4004, including any new features or enhancements, resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
- Patch file name: SqlGuard-12.0p4004_Snif_Aug_16_2024.tgz.enc.sig
- MD5 checksum: 28a461f8cbf9ba8a85ce4dd6f0b2106b
Finding the patch
This document provides a reference to the contents of this patch. If applicable, the detailed description of each fix and instructions for applying this patch are contained within the download package. The package is available for downloading from the IBM Fix Central website.
Make the following selections on Fix Central:
- Product selector: IBM Security Guardium
- Installed Version: 12.0
- Platform: All
Click Continue.
On the Identify fixes page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue .
On the Select fixes page, select Appliance patch (GPU and ad hoc). Then, enter the patch information in the Filter fix details field to locate the patch.
For information about Guardium patch types and naming conventions, see the Understanding Guardium patch types and patch names support document.
Installation
Notes:
- This universal sniffer patch can be installed on all releases of Guardium 12.x
- This patch restarts the sniffer process.
Overview:
- Download the patch and extract the compressed package outside the Guardium system.
- Be sure to check the latest version of these patch release notes online just before you install this patch.
- Pick a "quiet" or low-traffic time to install the patch on the Guardium system.
- Install patches in a top-down manner on all Guardium systems: start with the central manager, then aggregators, then the collectors. This sniffer patch must be installed across all the appliances such as the central manager, aggregators, and collectors.
For information about installing Guardium Data protection patches, see How to install patches in the Guardium documentation.
New currency items
This patch provides the following new currency items.
| Issue key | Summary |
|---|---|
| GRD-82427 | Support Oracle Database 23ai Free |
| GRD-77487 | Support Oracle Database 23c on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure |
| GRD-78353 | Support CockroachDB 23.2.0 |
| GRD-80052 | Support Redis 7.4 |
| GRD-81097 | Support MySQL 8.3.0 |
Enhancements
This patch provides the following enhancements.
| Issue key | Summary |
|---|---|
| GRD-73431 | Implement ANTLR3 Impala parser |
| GRD-74631 |
Template Multiple failed login quarantine
|
| GRD-76108 |
Sniffer side of Internal Load Balancer
|
| GRD-78158 |
Exclude explain command from calling QRW
|
| GRD-80110 | Add new social insurance number verification algorithm |
| GRD-82398 | Snif side changes to retrieve cert from keystore |
| GRD-84748 | Update feed server to use SSL keystore |
| INS-35097 | Make object and verb a sub-document in instance rather than a comma separated string |
Resolved issues
This patch resolves the following issues.
| Patch | Issue key | Summary | APAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0p4003 | -- | Patch 12.0p4003 on Fix Central | -- |
| 12.0p4004 | GRD-77365 | Some expected Microsoft SQL Server queries not logged on collector | DT382325 |
| GRD-82553 | Successful Microsoft SQL Server ALTER PROCEDURE statement caused PARSER_ERROR | DT386758 | |
| GRD-83434 | Sniffer crashing due to record larger than 64,000 characters with AWS feed traffic | DT391328 | |
| GRD-84172 | Query rewrite issue on count(*) with IBM Db2 SQL query |
DT391634
|
Known limitations
This patch contains the following known limitations.
| Issue key | Summary |
|---|---|
| GRD-85591 |
Under certain circumstances, the collector can corrupt failover messages that are sent to the S-TAP over protocol 8.
Workaround: Use protocol 7 until the collector problem is fixed in future sniffer patches.
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Modified date:
07 November 2024
UID
ibm17162404