PM12498: EVENT TYPE91 X'5B' COMMAND FOR SECURITY CHECKING DISPLAYS THE CLIENT PASSWORD

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR will address the following problems:
  - The event type 91 x'5B' command for security checking
    shows the clients password in the clear.
  - Provide an option on the ISPF panels to ignore certain
    warnings that might occur during the definition process for
    CEX definitions.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IMS Connect Extentions V2.2         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The event type 91 x'5B' command for     *
  *                      security checking shows the clients     *
  *                      password in the clear.                  *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  This APAR is correcting the following problems:
  1. The event type 91 x'5B' command for security checking shows
  the clients password in the clear.
  2. Provide an option on the ISPF panels to ignore certain
  warnings that might occur during the definition process
  for CEX definitions.
  3. Provide improved diagnostics for TCP/IP errors that occur
  in Console Services.
  4. An 0C4 can occur in CEXPUBMN at during shutdown of
  IMS Connect. The offset is at 004844 when CEXPUBMN
  is at level PK79885 but the abend could occur at other
  levels of CEXPUBMN. R4 is zero when the abend occurs
  5. Message CEX5119W should be an informational message not
  a warning
  6. Add the ability to control the routing of IMS Commands
  using a new CEXROUTE command in the CEXCTLIN dataset.
  7. Recorder trace formatting utility error when ODBM recorder
  trace entries are present
  8. Changed CEXTECL trace routine APPBLD to use the message
  total length field instead of searching for ending string.
  9. Changed import/export utility to close export output file.
  10. Change event records 97, 98, and 100 to match the changes
  made by IMS Connect.
  

Problem conclusion

• The following changes have been made to correct the above
  mentioned problems:
  1. CEXTECL has been changed to mask the clients password for
  the security check command code point 11A1.
  2. An option has been provided to allow certain errors that
  currently prohibit creating a definition due to referential
  integrity checks to be ignored.
  3. Message CEX5401E is now written to the message log showing
  failing function, return and reason codes for TCP/IP errors
  that occur in Console Services.
  4. Corrected CEXPUBMN to properly handle the error condition
  where the publisher clients MTT control block is not present.
  5. Changed message CEX5119W to CEX5119I
  6. Included the CEXROUTE Command to the CEXCTLIN options
  dataset
  7. Corrected recorder trace utility CEXRCDUT to correctly
  process ODBM trace entries
  8. Changed CEXTECL trace routine APPBLD to use the message
  total length field instead of searching for ending string.
  9. Changed import/export utility to close export output file.
  10. Change event records 97, 98, and 100 to match the changes
  made by IMS Connect.
  

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:

  UK57116

Modules/Macros

• CEX#SETT CEX#SEWO CEX#SMPO CEXAPMT1 CEXBDST0
  CEXBDST1 CEXBMIG0 CEXCOMM  CEXCONSC CEXCPSR  CEXCR62  CEXCR91
  CEXCR92  CEXCR97  CEXCR98  CEXCVDB  CEXDFDRV CEXEVTPR CEXEVT01
  CEXEVWTR CEXEXRTR CEXFUNCM CEXJDSEP CEXJRNEX CEXLGDRV CEXMAIN
  CEXMSGCM CEXMSGL  CEXMSGT  CEXOPDRV CEXPRED1 CEXPUBMN CEXPUDRV
  CEXRCDPR CEXRCDUT CEXRSNT  CEXR100  CEXSALUT CEXSETT  CEXSETTP
  CEXSHELL CEXTECL  CEXTKUP  CEXTKUPS CEXTPXML CEXWRNAJ CEXWRNHN
  CEXZ00
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS CONNECT EXT

• Fixed component ID

  5655K4800

Applicable component levels

• R220 PSY UK57116

     UP10/05/26 P F005

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