<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-320df236-7fff-00c3-4268-f92f3b6e962a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The BigFix Patch Download Plugin and Cacher components have been updated to resolve the security vulnerabilities identified within the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Mono",monospace;color:rgb(24,128,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">urllib3</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Mono",monospace;color:rgb(24,128,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">libexpat </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Python packages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Updated Tools Version:</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="334"><col width="87"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Name</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Version</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AIX Download Plugin</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5.0.5.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AIX Download Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8.0.0.6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AIX R2 Download Plugin</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.1.6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RHSM Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.13.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OEL Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.3.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rocky Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.3.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Solaris Download Plugin</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.0.4.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Solaris Download Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7.0.0.4</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SCC Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.1.8.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CentOS R2 Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.3.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OpenSUSE Download Plugin and Cacher</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.3.0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Middleware Download Plugin</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.0.0.4</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reasons for update:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Security vulnerabilities have been resolved in the newer version of the plugins. Additionally, the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Solaris Download Cacher</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> has been enhanced to handle Oracle MFA.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Actions to take:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:14pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gathering of the Patching Support site version 1329 or later will have the new content available.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:14pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From the “Manage Download Plug-ins” dashboard select each Plug-in with the following state of “New Version Available” and click on the “Upgrade” button. Then you must use the “Configure” button to reapply any required proxy and/or 3rd party vendor credentials. If you do not require a proxy configuration, simply leave the requested entries blank with no values and proceed with the configuration process.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Note</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Security Bulletins with the details of the resolved vulnerabilities are published here: </span><a href="https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132187" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132187</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Published site version:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Patching Support, version 1329</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application Engineering Team</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>