IT09835: JSONIQ HANDLING OF JSON INPUT WITH SURROGATE PAIRS OR ESCAPED CHARACTERS IS BROKEN

Fix packs for DataPower XML Security Gateway version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Low Latency Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 7.0
Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 7.0
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 7.0
Fix packs for DataPower Gateway version 7.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Surrogate pairs are used in JSON to encode characters that are
  not in basic multilingual plane in Unicode. And any character in
  BMP can be escaped as \uXXXX as well.
  
  JSONiq parser does not parse \uXXXX correctly.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Affected is the use of JSONiq processor to parse JSON input.
  
  Escaped characters \uXXXX are not correctly parsed.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix is available in 6.0.0.16, 6.0.1.12, 7.0.0.9, 7.1.0.6
  and 7.2.0.0.
  
  For a list of the latest fix packs available, please see:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21237631
  

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

  DATAPOWER

• Fixed component ID

  DP1234567

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

     UP

• R601 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP

• R710 PSY

     UP

• R720 PSY

     UP