IV66820: PKCS11KEYSTORE GOES INTO AN INFINITE LOOP WHEN DELETING A PRIVAT E KEY WITH COMMON SIGNER CERTIFICATE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: If two certificates have common signer
  certificate and the signer certificate is self-signed,  when
  deleting one certificate, it will go into an infinite loop as
  the current code doesn't check whether the signer certificate is
  a self signed certificate.
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  Stack Trace: N/A
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Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• If two certificates have common signer certificate and the
  signer certificate is self-signed,  when deleting one
  certificate, it will go into an infinite loop as the current
  code doesn't check whether the signer certificate is a self
  signed certificate.
  

Problem conclusion

• The failure has been repaired by modifying the PKSC11KeyStore
  class to check whether the signer certificate is a self signed
  certificate.
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  This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
     7 R1 SR2 FP10  (7.1.2.10)
     6    SR16 FP3  (6.0.16.3)
     6 R1 SR8 FP3   (6.1.8.3)
     7    SR8 FP10  (7.0.8.10)
  .
  Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs.
  For those running stand-alone, information about the Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
             https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
  

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

  SECURITY

• Fixed component ID

  620700125

Applicable component levels

• R260 PSY

     UP

• R600 PSY

     UP