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Alerts :
IBM CVE
High Impact / Highly Pervasive APAR^{Upd january 26 2024}
For Meltdown ( CVE-2017-5754 ) and Spectre ( CVE-2017-5753 / CVE-2017-5715) , please have a look to IBM information here.
For Java Log4J ( CVE-2021-44228 ):
- Generalities ( list of products non impacted ) AIX not impacted !
- HMC
- Websphere

Important Information for Power 9 systems : A problem was fixed for a VIOS, AIX, or Linux partition hang during an activation at SRC CA000040. This will occur on a system that has been running for more than 814 days when the boot of the partition is attempted if the partitions are in POWER9_base or POWER9 processor compatibility mode.

Firmware Versions fixed :

VM950_045_045 / FW950.00
VM940_071_027 / FW940.30
VM930_116_035 / FW930.30 and upper

Workaround : change the partition compatibility mode to POWER8 instead of POWER9_base or POWER9

AIX & VIOS

Downloadable tools

AIX Toolbox for Linux
- Lcd4-1077-32.iso APPS (DVD)
- Lcd4-1130-27.iso SOURCE (DVD)
- Lcd4-1077-33.iso APPS (DVD)
- Lcd4-1130-28.iso SOURCE (DVD)
- Lcd4-1077-34.iso APPS (DVD)
- Lcd4-1130-29.iso SOURCE (DVD)
- IBM

Software Release Bulletins ("SRBs") ^{Updated jan-04-2024}
AIX, VIOS, Expansion Pack Release Notes

Warning changes in Openssh 7.1.x or 7.5 .X ^{New !}
(root login no longer enabler by default, DSA keys behaviour changed)

Warning changes with RPM 4.13.1^{new !}
(during the migration from RPM3 to RPM4, information added in /tmp/tmprpm and /var/tmp

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