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Fixes and patches available for IBM Security products

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What fixes and patches are currently available for the IBM Security products?

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This technote provides a detailed listing of the available patches for the IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Platform including a brief summary of the fixes provided and where they can be obtained.

Only the 5 most recent roll-up fixes are available for each FP (fixpack) release. For more details on how to use Fix Central, refer to Technote 1677156: Fixes available for IBM Infrastructure Security Products.

Available Firmware Fixes

Note: Fixes are cumulative, so installing only the latest fix version includes all previous fixes.


 

 
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.2.3
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Aug 2, 2016
5.3.2.3-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0007 - Addressess LCD failures - blank LCD, incorrect contrast on initialization.
- Distribute mirror traffic to corresponding TX queue instead of TX queue 0
- Increment the number of retries when trying to figure out if pair port is down before bringing current port down.
- Workaround for GSKit server who sending CCS prior to client Finished
- Supress dca update failures events with threshold 7
 
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.1.7
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Feb 11, 2016
5.3.1.7-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0001 XGS failed to block IPv6 unspecified address in NAP.
 
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.1.6
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Jan 8, 2016
5.3.1.6-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0001 The ocsp.cert.revocation.url advanced tuning parameter was corrected and is now propagated correctly.
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.1.1
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Jun 25, 2015
5.3.1.1-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0001 Disables Rollback for fixpacks as it is not supported currently.

Updates NTP package and adds ntpd.slewmode.enabled parameter to allow
the usage of slew mode when ntpd is enabled, default value is false.

Modules Affected:
mesa_config, ntpd
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.0.6
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Jun 25, 2015
5.3.0.6-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0003 Disables Rollback for fixpacks as it is not supported currently.
Updates NTP package and adds ntpd.slewmode.enabled parameter to allow
the usage of slew mode when ntpd is enabled, default value is false.
Jun 10, 2015
5.3.0.6-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0002 Fixes an issue where alpsd crash with signal 49 - watchdog may erroneously cause a timeout and make alpds crash with signal 49 do to an inconsistency in the way the timeout time delta was calculated.

Disables IBM HTTP Server RC4 Cipher by default. Includes advance tuning parameter to enable if necessary. e.g lmi.security.RC4 = true
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.0.4
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Feb 16, 2015
5.3.0.4-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0002 Added ability to capture stack traces on kernel panic for XGS5100 and XGS7100 hardware.
Feb 11, 2015
5.3.0.4-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0001 Added ability to capture stack traces on kernel panic for XGS3100 hardware.
Fixes: Enabled automatic reboot on kernel panic, improved LCD performance, and other fixes.
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.0.1
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Feb 23, 2015
5.3.0.1-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0001 Added ability to capture stack traces on kernel panic.
Fixes: Enabled automatic reboot on kernel panic.
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.3.0.0
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Nov 19, 2014
5.3.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0001 Fixes: Vulnerability fixes, resolves issue with License Overview page, resolves issue with SiteProtector management page, resolves a memory leak in the sensor, and other fixes.
 
IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) Firmware 5.2.0.0
Date Published
Fix Name
Fix Summary
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Feb 3, 2014
5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0007 Fixes: Vulnerability fixes, update timezone to support Eternal Winter Time, resolves issue with Security Interfaces configuration.
Dec 24, 2014
5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0006 Fixes: Vulnerability fixes, resolved issues with LACP, snapshots, event filter rules, and other fixes.
Nov 20, 2014
5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-IF0005 Fixes an issue where XGS fails to post events to SP.
Readme
Nov 19, 2014
5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0005 Fixes: Vulnerability fixes, resolves issue with License Overview page.
Readme
Sep 25, 2014
5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0004 Fixes: Vulnerability fixes, resolves known sensor crash, resolves known kernel panic, and other fixes.

Available Hardware-specific Fixes

* Shaded rows indicate that the fix has been deprecated by a newer version.


There are currently no hardware-specific fixes for the XGS platform.



 

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Modified date:
23 January 2021

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