PH64999: EXEC CICS WEB READ HTTPHEADER RETURNS THE WRONG VALUE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• An EXEC CICS WEB READ HTTPHEADER is issued to retrieve the value
  associated with a specific http header but the wrong value is
  returned - i.e. it is the value from a different http header
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users.                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: EXEC CICS WEB READ HTTPHEADER returns   *
  *                      the data for the wrong header.          *
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  A HTTP request is received by CICS and it contains two headers
  that start with the same characters, for example my-header and
  my-header-again.
  
  The CICS application is executed and uses the EXEC CICS WEB
  READ HTTPHEADER to obtain the values of these headers.  The
  command requests my-header-again and obtains the correct value,
  but when it requests my-header it returns the data for
  my-header-again incorrectly.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS has been updated to obtain the correct data for a http
  header when their names are similar.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PH64623

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

  UI99970 UI99971

Modules/Macros

• DFHWBAP  DFHWBAPF
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V6

• Fixed component ID

  5655YA100

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UI99970

     UP25/02/13 P F502

• R500 PSY UI99971

     UP25/02/14 P F502

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