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IV50256: WHEN OBTAINING THE HASH CODE OF A SENSITIVE PKCS11 PRIVATEKEY OB JECT, NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION WILL BE THROWN

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
.
Stack Trace: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at
com.ibm.security.util.DerOutputStream.write(DerOutputStream.java
:86)
 at
com.ibm.security.util.DerOutputStream.putOctetString(DerOutputSt
ream.java:338)
 at
com.ibm.security.pkcs8.PrivateKeyInfo.encode(PrivateKeyInfo.java
:256)
 at
com.ibm.security.pkcsutil.PKCSDerObject.encode(PKCSDerObject.jav
a:177)
 at
com.ibm.security.pkcs8.PrivateKeyInfo.getEncoded(PrivateKeyInfo.
java:483)
 at
com.ibm.security.pkcs8.PrivateKeyInfo.hashCode(PrivateKeyInfo.ja
va:666)
.
N/A

Local fix

  • N/A

Problem summary

  • Since the key material of the sensitive PKCS11 PrivateKey object
is not available, the corresponding data member is null.

Problem conclusion

  • This defect will be fixed in:
7.0.0 SR6
6.0.1 SR7
6.0.0 SR15
5.0.0 SR16 FP4
.
A fix is made to IBMPKCS to not include null key material in
encoding
The associated Hursley CMVC defect is 200270
The associated Austin CMVC defect is 114666
JVMs affected: Java 5.0, Java 6.0, Java 626, and Java 7.0.
The fix was delivered for Java 5.0 SR16FP4, Java 6.0 SR15, Java
626 SR7, and Java 7.0 SR6.
The affected jar is "ibmpkcs.jar".
The build level of this jar for the affected releases is
"20130925"

Temporary fix

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IV50256
    • 

  • Reported component name
    SECURITY
    • 

  • Reported component ID
    620700125
    • 

  • Reported release
    260
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
    • 

  • PE
    NoPE
    • 

  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt
    • 

  • Submitted date
    2013-10-01
    • 

  • Closed date
    2013-10-02
    • 

  • Last modified date
    2013-10-04
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

    
IV50257
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    SECURITY
    • 

  • Fixed component ID
    620700125
    • 



Applicable component levels


    

  • R260  PSY
       UP
    • 

  • R600  PSY
       UP
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            Modified date:
            

            07 December 2020
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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