Thanks Norman. To answer my own question, after a call with IBM, they've
confirmed that moving to 6.3.5.000 is the best approach. It contains the needed
SSL patches to the built-in GSKit, and the DB2 version remains at 9.7. I'll
still be able to maintain compatibility with the older clients we're obliged to
support for a while longer. Thought I'd share this in case anyone else is in a
similar predicament.
Ruth
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Apparently not all clients are affected by POODLE. I asked about the Solaris
client and IBM said it was not affected. This was because many of the fixing
levels was not available for Solaris.
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Mitchell, Ruth Slovik
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Subject: TSM server upgrade questions
Hi All,
I have a TSM 6.3.4.200 server running on AIX 6.1, which I'd like to upgrade
primarily to patch SSL/TLS vulnerabilities, and of course, to take advantage of
some newer features. My prime concern is retaining backward compatibility with
some older clients (5.5, 6.1), which we need to continue to support at this
time, and which I believe precludes an upgrade to 7.1.x right now. I also am
unable to simply disable the SSLTCPPORT, since we have clients who use it.
Would I be correct to assume an upgrade to 6.3.5.0 (as opposed to 6.3.5.100)
would be the appropriate next step, and would mitigate this vulnerability? I
seem to recall this might involve a database upgrade as well, is that correct?
Our DB2 version is 9.7.6. If so, are there any caveats I might want to prepare
for in advance?
Last, since I believe the SSL/TLS issue is handled by the GSKit, has anyone
ever contacted IBM to get a fixed version, and applied it separately, without a
server version upgrade? This is mentioned in the security bulletin for
CVE-2014-0963,
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674825&myns=swgtiv&mynp=OCSSAT9S&mynp=OCSSSQZW&mynp=OCSSSQWC&mynp=OCSSGSG7&mync=R.
Many thanks in advance for your insight.
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Ruth S. Mitchell
U of I, Urbana, IL
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