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IJ21985: IBMJCE PROVIDER IS UNABLE TO BUILD A CERTIFICATE CHAIN WHEN A PKCS12 KEYSTORE HAS BOTH GOOD AND BAD INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATES.

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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

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IJ21985
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  • Reported component name
    SECURITY
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  • Reported component ID
    620700125
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  • Reported release
    270
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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
    2020-01-08
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  • Closed date
    2020-01-10
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  • Last modified date
    2020-01-10
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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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