Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Security Guardium Data Protection sniffer patch 11.0p4077, including any new features or enhancements, resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
- Patch file name: SqlGuard-11.0p4077_Snif_May_19_2024.tgz.enc.sig
- MD5 checksum: 7f39edbd0a1e05046b249c038dbce7043c52bedc
Finding the patch
Make the following selections to locate this patch for download on the IBM Fix Central website:
Make the following selections to locate this patch for download on the IBM Fix Central website:
- Product selector: IBM Security Guardium
- Installed version: 11.0
- Platform: All
- Click "Continue," select "Browse for fixes," and click "Continue" again.
- 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.
Prerequisite
Guardium version 11.0
Guardium version 11.0
Installation
Notes:
- This universal sniffer patch can be installed on all releases of Guardium 11.x
- This patch restarts the sniffer process.
Overview:
- Download the patch and extract the compressed package outside the Guardium system.
- 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-72816 | Extend monitoring support for CDP 7 Hadoop Atlas service |
| GRD-77771 | Support CouchDB 3.3.2 or latest available |
| GRD-78011 | Support ElasticSearch 8.10.4 or latest available |
| GRD-78026 | Support Vertica 24.1 or latest available |
Enhancements
This patch provides the following enhancements:
| Issue key | Summary |
|---|---|
| GRD-11636 | Implement support for bind variables of Teradata stage 2 |
| GRD-70772 | Add a warning to STAP log and STAP Events when IE size reaches the buffer limit - Unix STAP |
| GRD-73079 | Disallow QRW on insert statement for field replacement by function |
| GRD-76353 | WTAP Servers. Counters STAP_PRIORITY_DROP and STAP_PACKETS_DROP for protocols v7 |
| GRD-78766 | Capture DB_USER info for DataSets on GDP for report |
| GRD-79166 | Add ScyllaDB extension grammar in the Cassandra parser |
| GRD-79666 | Sniffer side support for Windows STAP v8 protocol report dropped packets per session |
| GRD-80110 | Add new verification algorithms |
| GRD-80111 | Validity check for Canadian SIN |
| GRD-80227 | Improve performance of large group creation |
| GRD-80350 | Improve tuples performance |
| GRD-80713 | Read templates from tables. Create structures to store object and verb match results. Forward info to Logger. Assemble alert msg. Changes to REQUEST_RESPONSE. Test logging of Alerts with correct information. Test logging of only matched constructs. |
| GRD-80788 | Session live improvements |
Resolved issues
This patch resolves the following issues:
| Patch | Issue key | Summary | APAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0p4076 | -- | Patch 11.0p4076 on Fix Central | -- |
| 11.0p4077 | GRD-79295 | MSSQL: ALTER TABLE XXX ALTER COLUMN XXX DROP MASKED Caused Parser Error | DT260785 |
| GRD-77365 | Some expected queries not being collected on collector | DT382325 | |
| GRD-72823 | STAP disappearing from STAP control | GA18432 | |
| GRD-72455 | Server IP - Hostname mismatch | DT260795 | |
| GRD-80076 | S-TAP for IBM i - tls failover deprecation | N/A |
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Modified date:
07 June 2024
UID
ibm17155795