PK82427: SECJ0363E WHEN THE X500 DISTINGUISHED NAME CONTAINS OID:2.5.4.5 AND + (PLUS) CHARACTERS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SECJ0363E message is issued in a servant region,
  SECJ0363E: Cannot create credential for the user
  2.5.4.5=#130731323334353637 + CN=TestID +
  UID=TestUserID,OU=users,O=TEST,C=US
  because of the following exception {1}.
  -
  The user name is actually
  serialNumber=1234567+CN=TestID+UID=TestUserID,OU=users,O=TEST,
  C=US
  -
  The corrupted user name occurs consistently with some users, but
  succeeds for other users.  No pattern can be detected for the
  cause.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server V7.0                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: SECJ0363E when an incoming token        *
  *                      contains extended attributes or         *
  *                      Attribute Value Assertion(AVA)          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A java class which parses incoming ASN.1.DER bytes to Java
  String object doesn't parse some extended X509 attributes and
  AVA properly. As a result, authentication is failed
  due to unknown ID.
  

Problem conclusion

• With this fix, ASN.1.DER bytes which contain extended X509
  attributes or AVA are decoded properly.
  
  APAR PK82427 is currently targeted for inclusion in
  Service Level (Fix Pack)  of WebSphere
  Application Server 7.0.0.5.
  
  Please refer to URL:
  //www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=404&uid=swg27006970
  for Fix Pack availability.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PK82324

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY UK48200

     UP09/07/27 P F907

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