IT12548: IN SOME CASES DATAPOWER MAY NOT PROPERLY PARSE DIME MESSAGES, WHICH RESULTS IN A MALFORMED MESSAGE BEING SENT TO THE NEXT HOP

Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Integration 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
Fix packs for DataPower Gateway version 7.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Affected are customers using DataPower services for processing
  DIME messages. In some cases processing of the DIME messages
  may not properly occur resulting in a malformed messages being
  sent out of DataPower to the next hop.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Affected are all customers using DIME-encoded communication.
  
  On
  receipt of a message that is DIME-chunk-encoded and one of the
  records is a chunk with zero-length payload, the next
  record gets mishandled. This can result in rejecting the
  incoming message.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix is available in 6.0.0.18, 6.0.1.14, 7.0.0.11, 7.1.0.8 and
  7.2.0.3
  
  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 PSN

     UP

• R601 PSN

     UP

• R700 PSN

     UP

• R710 PSN

     UP

• R720 PSN

     UP