IZ56751: WAS SECURITY TEST FAILURE WITH 'CAN'T RESOLVE NODE TO A HANDLE' MESSAGE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: XPath evaluation on a namespace node explicitly
  created on a DOM tree, got "Could not resolve the node to a
  handle" message
  .
  Stack Trace: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not resolve the
  node to a handle \
  at
  org.apache.xml.dtm.ref.DTMManagerDefault.getDTMHandleFromNode(DT
  MManagerDefault.java:584) \
  at
  org.apache.xpath.XPathContext.getDTMHandleFromNode(XPathContext.
  java:195) \
  at org.apache.xpath.XPath.execute(XPath.java:439) \
  at
  com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.xss4j.dsig.transform.XPathTransformer.tran
  sform(XPathTransformer.java:116) \
  at
  com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.xss4j.dsig.ReferenceProcessor.transform(Re
  ferenceProcessor.java:289) \
  at
  com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.xss4j.dsig.ReferenceProcessor.getTransform
  edOctets(ReferenceProcessor.java:149) \
  at
  com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.xss4j.dsig.ReferenceProcessor.digest(Refer
  enceProcessor.java:340) \
  .. \
  .
  NA
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• XPath evaluation on a namespace node explicitly created on a DOM
  tree, got "Could not resolve the node to a handle" message
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  5.0.0 SR11
  .
  This is fix bz handling this case and hence preventing the error
  message
  .
  To obtain the fix:
  Install build 20090816 or later
  

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

  JAVA 5 XML/XSL

• Fixed component ID

  620500126

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSN

     UP