PH25702: V32 INTERNAL DEFECT FIX

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• v32 internal defect fix
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: 01.All zExpl and IDz users                   *
  *                 02.z/OS Explorer support                     *
  *                 03.All zExpl and IDz users                   *
  *                 04.sysprog wanting to configure TLSv1.3      *
  *                 05.All zExpl and IDz users                   *
  *                 06.All zExpl and IDz users with zExplorer    *
  *                    host possibly running with large message  *
  *                    communication, for example: browsing      *
  *                    with a high number of entries result.     *
  *                 07.All zExpl and IDz users opening PDS       *
  *                    dataset having multiple members           *
  *                 08.All zExpl and IDz users having an TSO     *
  *                    account number value longer than 8 in     *
  *                    new connection and using interactive TSO  *
  *                    gateway.                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 01.The customer won't see this but an   *
  *                         internal exception is logged         *
  *                      02.Faulty error return code when SSL    *
  *                         is not enabled                       *
  *                      03.error message "4-character cipher    *
  *                         specifications are required" is      *
  *                         shown after setting TLS1.3 = ON but  *
  *                         with 2 char cipher                   *
  *                      04.enhancement to automatically set     *
  *                         TLSv1.3 variables                    *
  *                      05.Users receive RC=0004 in FEKLOGS     *
  *                      06.In IDz 14.1 the STC RSE daemon host  *
  *                         when running might experience the    *
  *                         OutOfMemory error when previously    *
  *                         browsing with high number of         *
  *                         entries result.                      *
  *                      07.RSE might cause page access faulty,  *
  *                         OC4-11 when retrieving user data     *
  *                         for dataset member statistic.        *
  *                      08.IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)    *
  *                         Account number truncated to 8 chars  *
  *                         in inital TSO Logon panel.           *
  ****************************************************************
  01.An internal exception can occur when querying the encoding
     of a USS file
  02.When enable_ssl=false is specified in ssl.properties,
     FEKLOGS ends with RC8 and message
  
     ** ERROR ** server_keystore_type has an invalid value
  03.TLS1.3 requires mandatory 4 char cipher specifications and
     supports only a certain set of cipher suites. It also
     requires additional environment variables to be set
     properly. Daemon client has not yet to support TLS1.3 by
     using current level of java
  04.enhancement to automatically set defaulted variables when
     TLSv1.3 is selected
  05.RC0004 is caught when feklogs is checking ISPF gateway
     configuration due to feklogs script typo
  06.During the serialization of the xml message in internal
     communication, the server handler is using a StringBuffer
     with a default capacity and expanded per message size as
     needed. The expanded capacity has not been released.
  07.The storage access RSE attempts to access for user data
     might be inaccessible.
  08.In the creation of a new connection, RSE retrieval user
     profile information extracts only 8 characters from the
     default value retrieved for the TSO account number.
  

Problem conclusion

• 01.Added a guard against a potential null pointer.
  02.FEKLOGS updated to do correct test
  03.Undefault TLS1.3 in RSE; add additional environment variable
     handling when TLS1.3 is specified; changed IVP code to fully
     rely on env var setup
  04.enhancement provided
  05.Fixed the script issue.
  06.When sending a new message, besides clearing out the contend
     of the buffer space, the server handler should also shrink
     the capacity (to default size) when it is over the default
     capacity.
  07.RSE's existing mechanism to detect the existing of user data
     region is improper. Adding checking length of the user data
     before attempting to retrieving user data.
  08.The maximum allowed is 39 characters. Have the extraction
     move 39 characters by the expected maximum allowed.
  

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:

  UI69673

Modules/Macros

• FEJENF70 FEJJCNFG FEJJJCL  FEJJMON  FEJTSO   FEK1SMPE FEK2RCVE
  FEK3ALOC FEK4ZFS  FEK5MKD  FEK6DDEF FEK7APLY FEK8ACPT FEK@CERR
  FEK@CONE FEK@CONF FEK@CUST FEK@DEB  FEK@DESC FEK@FLOW FEK@GEN
  FEK@GENW FEK@ISPF FEK@IVP  FEK@IVPD FEK@IVPW FEK@JCN1 FEK@JCNE
  FEK@JESJ FEK@MAIN FEK@MIGO FEK@OPTE FEK@OPTG FEK@OPTN FEK@PRIM
  FEK@RSE1 FEK@RSEO FEK@STRT FEK@TAB1 FEK@TAB2 FEK@TAB3 FEK@WRK1
  FEK@WRK2 FEK@WRK3 FEK@WRK4 FEK@WRK5 FEKAPPCC FEKAPPCL FEKAPPCX
  FEKATTR  FEKDSI   FEKEESX0 FEKFASIZ FEKFATT1 FEKFBLD  FEKFCIPH
  FEKFCLIE FEKFCMOD FEKFCMPR FEKFCMSG FEKFCOMM FEKFCOPY FEKFCOR6
  FEKFCORE FEKFDBGM FEKFDIR  FEKFDIR6 FEKFDIVP FEKFDST0 FEKFDST1
  FEKFDST2 FEKFENVF FEKFENVI FEKFENVP FEKFENVR FEKFENVS FEKFEPL
  FEKFERRF FEKFGDGE FEKFICUL FEKFISPF FEKFIVP0 FEKFIVPA FEKFIVPD
  FEKFIVPI FEKFIVPJ FEKFIVPT FEKFJESM FEKFJESU FEKFJVM  FEKFLATR
  FEKFLDSI FEKFLDSL FEKFLEOP FEKFLOGS FEKFLPTH FEKFMAI6 FEKFMAIN
  FEKFMINE FEKFMNTL FEKFNTCE FEKFOMVS FEKFPATT FEKFPLUG FEKFPTC
  FEKFRIVP FEKFRMSG FEKFRSES FEKFRSRV FEKFSCMD FEKFSEND FEKFSSL
  FEKFSTUP FEKFT000 FEKFT001 FEKFT002 FEKFT003 FEKFT004 FEKFT005
  FEKFT006 FEKFT007 FEKFT008 FEKFT009 FEKFTIVP FEKFTSO  FEKFUTIL
  FEKFVERS FEKFXITA FEKFXITL FEKFZOS  FEKHCONF FEKHCUST FEKHDEB
  FEKHDESC FEKHFLOW FEKHGEN  FEKHISPF FEKHIVP  FEKHIVPD FEKHJESJ
  FEKHMAIN FEKHMIGO FEKHOPTE FEKHOPTN FEKHPRIM FEKHRSE1 FEKHRSEO
  FEKHSTRT FEKHTAB1 FEKHTAB2 FEKINIT  FEKKEYS  FEKLOGR  FEKLOGS
  FEKM00   FEKM01   FEKM02   FEKMKDIR FEKMOUNT FEKMSGC  FEKMSGS
  FEKRACF  FEKRSED  FEKSAPF  FEKSAPPL FEKSBPX  FEKSCLAS FEKSCLOG
  FEKSCMD  FEKSCPYM FEKSCPYU FEKSDSN  FEKSENV  FEKSETUP FEKSISPF
  FEKSJCFG FEKSJCMD FEKSJMON FEKSLPA  FEKSPROG FEKSPTKT FEKSRSED
  FEKSSERV FEKSSTC  FEKSSU   FEKSUSER FEKXCFGE FEKXCFGI FEKXCFGM
  FEKXCFGT FEKXMAIN FEKXML
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  EXP FOR Z/OS HO

• Fixed component ID

  5655EXP23

Applicable component levels

• R320 PSY UI69673

     UP20/05/30 P F005

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