IJ03801: ISSUE WITH SAME DN CERTS, IKEYMAN GUI ERROR WITH STASH, JKS CHAIN ISSUE AND JVM ARGUMENT PARSE ISSUE WITH IKEYMAN

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: 1. Issues with same DN certs
  Warning: Validation failed: Missing intermediate or root
  certificate.
  2. iKeyman error
  An internal exception has occurred:
  <OSB>Password<CSB>
  MISSING_PARAMETER
  .
  Stack Trace: 1. Issues with same DN certs
  N/A
  2. iKeyman GUI error
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.error.InternalKeyManagerException
  at
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.CommandParameters.getValue(CommandPa
  rameters.java)
  at
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.CommandParameters.getPassword(Comman
  dParameters.java)
  at
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.CommandFactory$CreateDbCommand.run(C
  ommandFactory.java)
  at com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.Command.invoke(Command.java)
  at
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.CommandFactory$CompoundCommand.run(C
  ommandFactory.java)
  at com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.Command.invoke(Command.java)
  at
  com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.command.ControlObjectFactory$ChoiceCommand.i
  nvoke(ControlObjectFactory.java)
  .
  

Local fix

• 1. Issue with same DN certs
  Remove the certs with same DN name in the Keystore
  2. iKeyman GUI error
  This problem can be reproduced only when the default password
  stashing state is enabled via properties i.e
  DEFAULT_PASSWORD_STASHING_STATE=true. So, as a
  workaround, we can disable the default password stashing state
  to false in properties and enable them via iKeyman GUI i.e. to
  stash password via iKeyman GUI
  tick the checkbox "stash password to file" that appears below
  password in Password prompt.
  3. JKS Chain issue
  Since the JKS Chain issue during import happens only when JKS is
  the target keystore we can import it to a different target
  keystore PKCS12 or CMS and convert it back again to JKS
  4. JVM argument parse issue with iKeyman
  Parse -Djava.security.properties=/tmp/java.security.append
  as Java arguments instead of iKeyman.
  

Problem summary

• 1. Issue with same DN certs
  When the keystore contains more than one set of CA signer
  certificates with exact same Issuer/Subject DN, iKeyman throws
  "Missing Intermediate or Root Certificate"
  error. The reason is iKeyman builds the certificate chain based
  on the Issuer and Subject Distinguished Name (DN)
  and thus the certificate path validation fails.
  2. iKeyman GUI error
  This problem only occurs when the default password stashing
  state is enabled via properties i.e
  DEFAULT_PASSWORD_STASHING_STATE=true and user attempts to create
  a PKCS12 Keystore (via) iKeyman GUI
  3. JKS Chain issue
  During import of chained certificate, in case of JKS target
  keystore only the personal certificate gets imported. The
  expected behavior is that the entire chain must be imported.
  4. JVM argument parse issue with iKeyman
  -Djava.security.properties passed to jre/bin/ikeycmd is ignored
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. Issue with same DN certs
  iKeyman is updated to build the certificate chain based on
  certificate signature.
  2. iKeyman GUI error
  This is a bug in iKeyman code that was introduced in iKeyman
  version 8.0.412 as part of more secured stash file format and is
  fixed in this release.
  3. JKS Chain issue
  Additional functional needed in iKeyman to import the entire
  chain of certificate for JKS target keystore.
  4. JVM argument parse issue with iKeyman
  This is a bug in iKeyman code that was introduced in iKeyman
  version 8.0.415 and is fixed in this release. The problem is
  iKeyman calls Security.getProvider() list before parsing the
  command-line arguments where in the argument the security
  properties file is updated.
  .
  This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
   8 SR5 FP10 (8.0.5.10)
   7 SR10 FP20 (7.0.10.20)
   6 SR16 FP60 (6.0.16.60)
   6 R1 SR8 FP60 (6.1.8.60)
   7 R1 SR4 FP20 (7.1.4.20)
  .
  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 is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

• Fixed component name

  SECURITY

• Fixed component ID

  620700125

Applicable component levels