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  • Rocket Open AppDev for Z V1.2 – Security and version currency updates for z/OS Open-Source Languages

    V1.2 of the Rocket Open AppDev for Z solution bundle has been released.  This release includes CVE fixes for cURL, Git, OpenSSL, and Python and also includes new versions of cURL, OpenSSL and libssh2.  The new builds of these ports are already available now for customers on support contract at condaserver.rocketsoftware.com and, for the remainder of our user community, will become available on anaconda.org/zoss-appdev in six months.

    The detailed listing of updates is as follows:

    curl=7.77.0=8
    - new version release
    - fix for CVE-2021-22922
    - fix for CVE-2021-22923
    - fix for CVE-2021-22925
    - fix for CVE-2021-22926
    - a collection of minor bug fixes
    libssh2=1.9.0=6
    - new version release
    libtag=1.7=8
    - a collection of minor bug fixes
    git=2.26.2=pl524_82
    - fix for CVE-2021-21300
    - fix for CVE-2021-40330
    - a collection of minor bug fixes
    - more efficient dependency packaging for a 15% reduction in installation footprint
    ncurses=6.1=12
    - a collection of minor bug fixes
    openssl=1.1.1k=6
    - new version release
    - fix for CVE-2021-3711
    - fix for CVE-2021-3712
    perl=5.24.4=10
    - a collection of minor bug fixes
    python=3.7.0=36
    - fix for CVE-2020-26116
    - fix for CVE-2020-27619
    - fix for CVE-2021-23336
    - fix for CVE-2021-3177
    sudo=1.8.21p2=8
    - add info about sudo setup after installation