APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
PROBLEM: In TSAM 7245, if a string with a dot (.) or similar other special characters are used in the project description, the request will not be submitted, the following warning will be displayed in the UI 'Special Characters are not allowed' In TSAM 7242, however, this is not an issue, the request is submitted correctly. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: Attempt to submit a request in SSUI with a description containing a dot (.), the request will not be submitted correctly. ERRONEOUS RESULTS: A warning message is displayed 'Specila Characters are not alowed' EXPECTED RESULTS: Request is submitted successfully ENVIRONMENT: TSAM 7245 Note: with TSAM 7242, this issue did not exist.
Local fix
N/A
Problem summary
SimpleSRM fails on 7245 but works OK on 7242 We have in the decription of a project a string with a dot (.) and it fails, we cannot provision. The customer is using dot (.) in the description current descriptions used: IIS .net 3.5 IIS .net 4.0 WebSphere 8.5 We tried the out of the box UI and it fails with 7245 but it is OK in 7242
Problem conclusion
In TSAM 7242 this worked (allowed dots in project description in the UI), but in TSAM 7244 this was changed due to security reason (XSS vulnerability). This is also fixed at server side to avoid the vulnerability so we can allow special characters in UI. This is breaking custom UI for client. APAR IV62586 opened, 7.2.4.5-TIV-TSAM-LA0002.zip provided and applied by client, it worked for them.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV62586
Reported component name
TSAM (& INSTALL
Reported component ID
5724W7800
Reported release
724
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2014-07-17
Closed date
2014-08-13
Last modified date
2014-08-13
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
TSAM (& INSTALL
Fixed component ID
5724W7800
Applicable component levels
[{"Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SSFG5E","label":"Tivoli Service Automation Manager"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"724"}]
Document Information
Modified date:
09 November 2020