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IJ08704: THE SECURITY PROPERTY 'JDK.CERTPATH.DISABLEDALGORITHMS' IS MISTAKENLY BEING USED TO FILTER JAR SIGNING ALGORITHMS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
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Stack Trace: N/A
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The CertPath AlgorithmChecker class is mistakenly using the
java.security attribute "jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms" to
filter the algorithms that can be used for signing jar files.
The java.security attribute "jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms" was
created for this purpose and must be used instead.

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • The CertPath AlgorithmChecker class is mistakenly using the
java.security attribute "jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms" to
filter the algorithms that can be used for signing jar files.
The java.security attribute "jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms" was
created for this purpose and must be used instead.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • The CertPath AlgorithmChecker class has been modified to ensure
that the  java.security attribute "jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms"
is used to filter the algorithms that can be used for signing
jar files.

The associated CMVC defect is 117908.
The associated RTC problem report is 139130.
JVMs affected :  Java 7.0 , Java 7.1 and Java 8.0
This fix was delivered for:  70 SR10 FP35, 7.1 SR4 FP35, and 80
SR5 FP25.
The affected jar file is ibmpcertpathprovider.jar.
The build level of this jar for the affected releases is
"20180821".
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This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
   7    SR10 FP35 (7.0.10.35)
   7 R1 SR4 FP35  (7.1.4.35)
   8    SR5 FP25  (8.0.5.25)
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Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
Refreshes and Fix Packs.
For those running stand-alone, information about the available
Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
           https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IJ08704
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  • Reported component name
    SECURITY
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  • Reported component ID
    620700125
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  • Reported release
    260
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2018-08-21
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  • Closed date
    2018-08-29
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  • Last modified date
    2018-08-29
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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    SECURITY
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  • Fixed component ID
    620700125
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            Modified date:
            

            07 December 2020
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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