PH55471: FEDERATED REPOSITORIES CERTIFICATE FILTER DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A PLUS SIGN ' + ' DELIMITER.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using the certificate field to pull the${SubjectXX} value
  from a certificate used for client certificate authentication
  in a Federated Repository configuration,
  multi-valued RDN values are only delimited by the comma ' , '
  but the RFC 4514 specifies that a plus sign ' + ' should also
  be allowed.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM WebSphere Application Server users of   *
  *                  federated repositories.                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Client certificate including multi-     *
  *                      valued RDN fails in Federated           *
  *                      Repository                              *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Unable to correctly parse plus sign attributes contained in the
  multi-valued RDN included in the client certificate.
  

Problem conclusion

• This fix is enabled by the following customer property
  "security.registry.ldap.compoundRDNParsingEnabled" with the valu
  set to "true".
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix pack
  9.0.5.18 and 8.5.5.25. For more information, see 'Recommended
  Updates for WebSphere Application Server':
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715553
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  WEBS APP SERV N

• Fixed component ID

  5724H8800

Applicable component levels