What IBM i Users Should Check when Learning of an Open Source Security Vulnerability Alan Seiden

​[[{“value”:”A client asked about a vulnerability found in libwebp, which is used by PHP’s image-handling gd extension. My first step was to find a reputable source for details. According to this trusted article about the vulnerability, the issue affected only libwebp versions 1.3.1 and earlier. I checked our own system and found we had a patched version from IBM, so we were safe. The client was, too. Here is the procedure you can use for checking the version of this or any other open source package on IBM i. How to check your package version The easiest way is to…
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