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IY49655: WebSeal fails with "Bad Request" when 'HTTP' is not uppercase

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Customer is using WebSeal 4.1 FP02. On a request like
    
    "GET / http/1.1", webseal returns a 'bad request' error. There
    was a defect 32959 for WebSeal to address the methods in lower
    case but looks like this is an issue as well.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • WebSEAL returns a 503 server error if the 'HTTP' in the
    request is not all uppercase.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Fixed in 4.1-AWS-0008LA.
    
    Changed the code to be case-independant on the 'http'.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IY49655

  • Reported component name

    ACCESS MGR WEBS

  • Reported component ID

    5724C0811

  • Reported release

    410

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2003-10-13

  • Closed date

    2003-12-19

  • Last modified date

    2004-06-22

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

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

    IY58218

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    ACCESS MGR WEBS

  • Fixed component ID

    5724C0811

Applicable component levels

  • R410 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 December 2021