PK69227: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION THROWN WHILE PARSING INVALID COOKIE NAMES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When rendering content, If you have configured WCM to pass a
  custom parameter(cookie) and the parameter name contains a
  space, a NullPointException will be thrown such as the
  following:
  
  0000005f ServletWrappe E   SRVE0068E:
  Uncaught exception thrown in one of the service methods of the
  servlet:
  RenderingPortlet. Exception thrown :
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.presence.connect.connector.http.HttpCookieCollection.
  parseCookieHeader(HttpCookieCollection.java:480)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• NullPointer Exceptions get thrown when processing invalid cookie
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was originally fixed in 6.0 but regressed in 6.1.
  Basically , an invalid cookie name/value such as  Hedrick,Brooke
  - 43 would cause a NPE
  while processing the cookie in WCM
  
  It was found that the cookie Name does not support blank as a
  character and that was causing exceptions while processing it. W
  e now handle the exceptions originating from an invalid cookie
  correctly in the code.
  

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

  LOTUS WEB CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R61A PSY

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