IV83669: CANNOT LOAD PKCS12 KEYSTORE FILE IN JAVA 8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message, as reported by customer:
  When loading PKCS12 keystore file which contains entries with
  no alias in Java 8, an IOException with message
  "DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=127, too big" is thrown
  and the keystore load fails.
  
  Stack Trace, if applicable:
  java.io.IOException: DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=127,
  too big.
   at
  com.ibm.security.util.DerInputStream.getLength(DerInputStream.ja
  va:724)
   at
  com.ibm.security.util.DerInputStream.getLength(DerInputStream.ja
  va:698)
   at com.ibm.security.util.DerValue.<init>(DerValue.java:254)
   at
  com.ibm.security.util.DerInputStream.readVector(DerInputStream.j
  ava:472)
   at
  com.ibm.security.util.DerInputStream.getSequence(DerInputStream.
  java:397)
   at
  com.ibm.crypto.provider.PKCS12KeyStoreOracle.engineLoad(Unknown
  Source)
   at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:1456)
  
  
  Other Error Information, as reported by customer:
  N/A
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• Cannot load PKCS12 keystore file in Java 8
  
  
  ERROR DESCRIPTION:
  
  When loading PKCS12 keystore file which contains entries with no
  alias in Java 8, an IOException with message
  "DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=127, too big" is thrown
  and the keystore load fails.
  

Problem conclusion

• Issue in DerInputStream on handling constructed indefinite
  length data.  The fix adds the correct logic to handle
  constructed indefinite length data.
  
  The associated RTC PR is 111440
  The associated Austin CMVC defect is 117231
  The associated Austin APAR is IV83669
  
  JVMs affected : Java 6.0, Java 6.1, Java 7.0, java 7.1 and Java
  8.0
  
  The fix was delivered for Java 6.0 SR16 FP30, Java 6.1 SR8 FP30,
  Java 7.0 SR9 FP50, Java 7.1 SR3 FP50 and Java 8.0 SR3 FP10
  
  The affected jar is "ibmpkcs.jar".
  
  The build level of this jar for the affected releases is
  "20160428"
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  TIVOLI JAVA PKC

• Fixed component ID

  TIVSECPKC

Applicable component levels

• R100 PSY

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