IBM Support

IV83450: MAKING SECURERANDOM FIPS COMPLIANT

Subscribe to this APAR

By subscribing, you receive periodic emails alerting you to the status of the APAR, along with a link to the fix after it becomes available. You can track this item individually or track all items by product.

Notify me when this APAR changes.

Notify me when an APAR for this component changes.

 

APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message:
    .
    Stack Trace:
    .
    N/A
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Use SHA2DRBG  secureRandom implementation to make UUID FIPS
    compliant.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The JDK has been updated to use SHA2DRBG algorithm instead
    Default algorithm when FIPS provider is in use.
    .
    This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
       6 R1 SR8 FP30  (6.1.8.30)
       7 R1 SR3 FP50  (7.1.3.50)
       7    SR9 FP50  (7.0.9.50)
       6    SR16 FP30 (6.0.16.30)
       8    SR3 FP10  (8.0.3.10)
    .
    Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
    Refreshes and Fix Packs.
    For those running stand-alone, information about the available
    Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
               https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV83450

  • Reported component name

    JAVA CLASS LIBS

  • Reported component ID

    620700130

  • Reported release

    600

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2016-04-06

  • Closed date

    2016-06-30

  • Last modified date

    2017-03-17

  • 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

    JAVA CLASS LIBS

  • Fixed component ID

    620700130

Applicable component levels

  • R600 PSY

       UP

  • R700 PSY

       UP

  • R800 PSY

       UP

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SSCVQ3Y","label":"Java Class Libraries"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"6.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
17 March 2017