APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Error Message: IBMJCE provider is unable to build a certificate chain when a PKCS12 keystore has both good and bad Intermediate certificates. For example, a bad intermediate certificate could be because it is expired or a bad intermediate certificate's Subject Identifier attribute matches with issuer id attribute of a leaf certificate but there is a mismatch for the Authority Key Identifier attribute. . Stack Trace: N/A . Customer expects the IBMJCE provider to build a correct chained certificate with good intermediate certificate without deleting the bad Intermediate certificate from the keystore. The problem does not occur with Java 7.
Local fix
Delete the bad intermediate certificate(s) from the keystore.
Problem summary
IBMJCE provider unable to build a certificate chain when a PKCS12 keystore has both good and bad Intermediate certificates.
Problem conclusion
The JVM has been updated to build a correct certificate chain, when a PKCS12 keystore has both good and bad intermediate certificates. The associated Hursley RTC Problem Report is 142912 The associated Austin GitHub task is issue48 for IBMJCE JVMs affected Java 8.0 The fix was delivered for Java 8.0 SR6, FP5. The affected jar is "ibmjceprovider.jar" Customer APAR: IJ20539 Austin Build: 20191213 (build-276) . This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases: 8 SR6 FP5 (8.0.6.5) . 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
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IJ21985
Reported component name
SECURITY
Reported component ID
620700125
Reported release
270
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2020-01-08
Closed date
2020-01-10
Last modified date
2020-01-10
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
SECURITY
Fixed component ID
620700125
Applicable component levels
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Document Information
Modified date:
07 December 2020