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IV54486: FIX SOME BUGS AND APPSCAN SECURITY FINDINGS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
    .
    Stack Trace: N/A
    .
    1. Customer is unable to work with their kdb file with either
    ikeyman or gsk7cmd.
    Both forms produce an error like the following:
    Error Code: 23
    Exception: com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.error.KeyManagerException:
    java.security.KeyStoreException: java.lang.NullPointerException
    2. Elliptic Curve Certificate not supproted.
    3. capicmd and ikeyman guides do not say that the output from
    '-cert -details' shows extensions.
    4. AppScan CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a
    Restricted Directory (Path Traversal).
    5. Appscan finding: CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky
    Cryptographic Algorithm.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • For #1: There are a pair of NON-UTF8 quotation marks "" in the
    labels which cause the NullPointerException. So the fix here is
    to correct the label names to ONLY UTF-8 chars or simply just
    remove the NON-UTF8 quotation marks from the labels.
    For #2: Added Elliptic Curve Certificate support
    For #3: Modified the doc accordingly.
    For #4: Fixed the finding.
    For #5: Fixed the finding.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
       7 R1 SR1       (7.1.1.0)
       7    SR7       (7.0.7.0)
       6 R1 SR8       (6.1.8.0)
       6    SR16      (6.0.16.0)
    .
    All Fixed.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV54486

  • Reported component name

    SECURITY

  • Reported component ID

    620700125

  • Reported release

    260

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2014-01-23

  • Closed date

    2014-01-28

  • Last modified date

    2014-04-30

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    SECURITY

  • Fixed component ID

    620700125

Applicable component levels

  • R260 PSY

       UP

  • R600 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 December 2020