WebSphere Application Server
FixPaks and fixes
WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 FixPak 7
Last updated: 05/20/2003

APAR List Description

PQ34941		WebSphere Application Server crashes on startup if CICS Transaction Gateway is installed or modified										
PQ36726		NullPointerException thrown in a final block of service method in JavaServer Pages										
PQ38019		Out of memory condition when WebSphere Application Server is under head load with 
		security enabled										
PQ39847		Possible data inconsistencies when running in interoperability mode										
PQ40320		Possible data inconsistencies when recovery is performed and a resource manager is not 
		started yet										
PQ42162		Wild card characters are not treated properly										
PQ49615		WebSphere Application Server plug-in malfunctions in a load-balance configuration										
PQ51372		PQ46910 ignores IBM HTTP Server timeout directive										
PQ51626		Error occurred when using HTTP tunneling function with Internet Information Services 
		and HTTPs
PQ51887		Expired credential on a session repeatedly displays a PRINCIPALAUTHENTICATORIMPL VALIDATE 
		IBM WEBSPHERE error
PQ52424		Spaces in the userprofile.xml tags fail to load the user profile										
PQ54229		Problem of Lightweight Third-Party Authentication invalid expiration time synchronization										
PQ52939		The administrative console cannot be started because security context cannot be initialized
PQ54406  	Credentials from the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server are not renewed                                                
PQ54436  	Topology is not showing when node is down                                                            
PQ55325		NegativeArraySizeException causes an authorization failure
PQ55362		When Java client uses multiple object request brokers and threads to access WebSphere Application
		Server, it receives a communication exception from Naming and CORBA components
PQ55595		If security is enabled, you cannot deploy a WAR file										
PQ55691		Experiencing memory leak when using the Java Message Service XA transaction 										
PQ55948		Security associates thread specific data with the hashtables which prevent the threads 
		from being garbage collected.
PQ56074		With security enabled, when using the com.ibm.CORBA.LocalHost parameter, the administrative 
	        server or the administrative console can not be started properly
PQ56104		The connection pool is dumped when you get the Sybase JZ006 error message										
PQ56212		Customers do not want session record to be deleted in the session database upon restart 
		of a Web application										
PQ56706		StringIndexOutOfBoundsException error reported by the policy director if the port number is not used.										
PQ56964		Sessions persistence fails on DB2/390 when the size of the session object is between 
		29K and 32K 										
PQ57182		Unable to validate credentials from the Lightweight Third-Party Authentication token		
PQ57236		The dynamic caching code does not correctly recognize the HTTPServiceRequest/Response interface										
PQ57425		IBM HTTP Server does not timeout hanging read requests										
PQ57495		JavaServer Pages with double-byte character set are not displayed properly										
PQ57498		After upgrading to WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.5, newly created Web 
		application cannot be started										
PQ57532		The stdout message SESSIONDATA:PUTVALUE - NUL VALUE ENTERED does not 
		display the parameter name										
PQ58079		Cannot remove permissions that belong to BUILTIN										
PQ58469		The plug-in fails to read configuration files on startup										
PQ58574		A warning message repeatedly appears in the administrative console when an unsupported 
		JDBC driver is configured										
PQ58738		If you use dynamic caching on WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.5, JavaServer 
		Pages and servlets are reexecuted rather than getting results out of the cache										
PQ58739		User authentication creates two credentials instead of one										
PQ58795		An empty string as the attribute value for a custom tag causes an Unable to 
		convert to string message on the browser 										
PQ58915		Users who installed the base CD-ROM for WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 
		without the console option can not use the wscp tool										
PQ59041		During the RequestDispatcher.Forward, request parameter given in the 
		forward path query string are not merged with the existing request parameter										
PQ59150		Users or groups whose name or string having more than 127 bytes causes an exception										
PQ59155		The session object is not put into cache upon creation when using persistent sessions										
PQ59170		valueUnbound method from HttpSessionBindingListener is not called under 
		certain circumstances										
PQ59204		During recovery of Oracle transactions, error message No suitable driver appears										
PQ59267		XML import of the default_server model takes an excessive amount of time										
PQ59466		The administrative server crashes when starting the generic application server 
		created by using XMLConfig import										
PQ59550		Secure Socket Layer authentication cookie fails with Internet Explorer 5.0 on the Macintosh										
PQ59600		After applying PQ54845, WebSphere Application Server needs the updated Libns40.so file 										
PQ59667		Authorization fails with an externally created Lightweight Third-Party Authentication token										
PQ59674		PreparedStatement objects are not used by session manager for the select statements 
		in the invalidation thread										
PQ59751		XML Clone create import takes extensive amount of time										
PQ59959		Lightweight Third-Party Authentication token cookie is not created for the certification authentication 										
PQ59983		Application using DB2 XAConnection hangs if a stale connection exception occurs during 
		the use of connection										
PQ59993		Logging in at an error level for the early client closure										
PQ60039		Failover delayed when an application server machine is removed from the network										
PQ60074		New WebSphere Application Server client cannot use the name server of a previous 
		version of WebSphere Application Server										
PQ60103		Customers do not get an informative error message when the stack size is too low on 
		the client side										
PQ60149		SetMaxRows(0) does not work correctly when statement cache is used										
PQ60155		Option to show the deprecated methods when compiling JavaServer Pages with the 1.1 processor										
PQ60317		When you restart an application server, an application registration failure occurs										
PQ60368		Deadlock with session trace enabled										
PQ60529		JavaServer Pages path or filename beginning with u does not compile										
PQ60549		Java.Lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown from classloader										
PQ60610		WebSphere Application Server does not move the Java Naming and Directory Interface 
		reference from the BindingBeanTBL										
PQ60658		WebSphere Application Server security enables derefAliases causing performance degradation										
PQ60683		TransactionRolledBackException takes away the control from the user transaction										
PQ60755		Performance degradation when migrating application code from JavaServer Pages 1.0 to 
		JavaServer Pages 1.1										
PQ60894		ValueUnbound( ) is not called in certain situations when using the multi-row sessions										
PQ60896		High CPU spikes for the administrative server process										
PQ60991		Firewall between the Web server and the application server accepts plug-in connections 
		when application server is down										
PQ61020		WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6 trust association does not allow other 
		types of authentication to work										
PQ61084		Keeping WebSphere Application Server from attempting to create the file 
		sess_index on DB2/390 										
PQ61243		Enterprise application hangs when it tries to use RMI-IIOP to send data across the wire										
PQ61304		The file Beans.instantiate continues to search the classpath for 
		missing resources										
PQ61310		ClassCastException is thrown when attempting to invoke the forward method 
		and using the custom StoredResponse class										
PQ61314		Cannot log in the Domino Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server after applying 
		WebSphere Application Server Version 3.6.6										
PQ61350 	Unbind fails in the rolled back transaction										
PQ61389 	Single sign-on from WebSphere Application Server to Domino server fails when the 
		user name contains the double-byte character set										
PQ61397		SQLException is not mapped to StaleConnectionException when it 
		should be mapped										
PQ61408 	NOWAIT keyboard causes the Insufficient Parameters message										
PQ61412 	SSOAuthenticator.getSSOCookieValue() was removed but the customers want it back										
PQ61516		Database is not updated with XMLConfig import of EJB model with no <data-source> element										
PQ61513 	Problems when the session cookie name is renamed from its default value
PQ61539		The client starts but no hierarchy is shown when starting the adminclient.sh 
		script on a node with WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6										
PQ61576		InitialContext.list (string name) method throws an org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM exception after 
		upgrading from WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.3 to Version 3.5.6 on Solaris Operating Environment										
PQ61630		Generic server does not display the correct status of the attached process										
PQ61773		Using one common proxy ID for all sessions causes session timeout  										
PQ61834 	WebSphere Application Server performs unnecessary group distinguished name validation when the distinguished 
		name comes from the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol						
PQ61868		Trust association is much slower than basic authentication in WebSphere Application 
		Server Version 3.5.6										
PQ61912		Cannot log in WebSphere Portal Server with a user ID belonging to the double-byte character set in an active directory										
PQ61923		OSEListener code cannot handle the error Socket_based_server_loop error 4 
		and the servlet engine hangs										
PQ61926		Failover does not occur on an AIX machine when using non-blocking connection										
PQ62024		Blank page displays if client either enters a wrong user ID or password three times or 
		cancels the challenge box for a secured resource										
PQ62081		Setting NoLocalCopies=true causes entity bean references to get mixed up										
PQ62088		Changing an attribute in the administrative console might take many minutes to complete										
PQ62219		The translated messages for the Spanish and Brazilian Portugese languages are corrupted										
PQ62262		JavaServer Pages fail to compile when specifying multiple times more than one 
		JSP-parameter-name 										
PQ62341		WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6 uninstalls the Secure Socket Layer on 
		an AIX machine 										
PQ62474		IBM HTTP Server plug-in fails initialization when race condition occurs										
PQ62544		IIS OSE plug-in does not support KeepAlive										
PQ62578		Model does not show as being started when a new console is brought up										
PQ62629		Restarting one Web application flushes session cache for all Web applications										
PQ62632		When WebSphere Application Server security is enabled and a large number of 
		application servers ( >16 ) are used, the secbootstrap file gets corrupted										
PQ62683		Port defaulting might not work with Secure Socket Layer										
PQ62748		Application must pass a static object request broker to the createsession() method 
		when using Lotus API to communicate from WebSphere Application Server to Lotus Domino Server										
PQ62793		Node for restart option fails to stop Java virtual machine process ID of WebSphere Application Server that fails on startup										
PQ62952		Using Cache is disabled when upgrading from WebSphere Application Server 
		Version 3.5.x to Version 3.5.5 or later										
PQ63031		Changes needed for OracleConnectionProxy.Java in PQ63031										
PQ63036		JavaServer Pages useBean tags fail to compile when the bean instance is 
		certain classes																			
PQ63262		WebSphere Application Server Version 4.0 Resource Analyzer fails to get server data 										
PQ63392		Install IBM HTTP Server manually to avoid getting an error message on a Linux platform										
PQ63676		The plug-in fails to start with no error message if there are too many entries in the 
		property files										
PQ63683		The plug-in fails when the host name is greater than 1K										
PQ63692		All JDBC drivers using the same JDBC class files are uninstalled when a JDBC driver 
		is uninstalled in the administrative console										
PQ63816		After applying PQ59155, when using persistent sessions, the session object is not 
		put into cache upon creation										
PQ64214		The data source URL and database are linked together with a / instead of :										
PQ65082		Administrative server crashes when trying to allocate large memory										
PQ65211		Security is not default for the enterprise application in WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6										
PQ65306		JSPBatchCompiler completes but does not return to command prompt when global security 
		is enabled 										
PQ65313		Connections are left unusable and system hangs when TransactionAbortedException is thrown										
PQ65337		The JavaServer Pages continue to be served even after the reload timeout when the 
		JavaServer Pages are deleted										
PQ65429		Data source lookup are performed only once during session manager initialization										
PQ65592 	Security component does not take the full name of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol										
PQ65609		Session manager initiation does not complete properly because of unavailability of 
		database connections										
PQ65614		Application user ID is limited to 64 characters										
PQ65616		No delegation policy page when default methods are chosen in configuring resource security										
PQ65717 	Slow performance is being caused by delay in garbage collection of session objects										
PQ65730		The servlet engine of a Web application in the administrative console does not display 
		the updates in the servlet Web paths list in use field										
PQ65835		Problem with storing objects more than 2MB in multi-row session										
PQ65884		RequestDispatch.forward( ) to a protected servlet fails										
PQ65930		Performance degrades after applying fix for PQ62081										
PQ65964		Incorrect port number used for certain IBM HTTP Server configurations										
PQ66022 	Cannot have a ' in the administrative console user name										
PQ66143 	Intermittent errors encountered in user authentication.										
PQ66150		Extensive garbage collection occur with mark stack overflow										
PQ66154		Orphan and idle timeout values for administrative server do not work
PQ66164		wscp command always shows DB2 information even if the other database is used										
PQ66253		The converter.properties-like behavior should be added to WebSphere Application Server 
		Version 3.5.6 and higher										
PQ66255		Starting WebSphere Application Server when there are large number of EPM module 
		objects that have different EPM levels from their parents										
PQ66334		WebSphere Application Server fails to handle request header fields greater than 10K										
PQ66341		Use of ../ in URI is not handled correctly										
PQ66485		RunTimeException thrown from ValueUnbound( ) causes the session manager 
		invalidation thread to end										
PQ66487		XMLConfig allows an import of a model with invalid vhost										
PQ66579		Telneting to WebSphere Application Server on an UNIX platform to run the wscp 
		command fails to work										
PQ66590		The users can enter a fake directory and JavaServer Pages file after the context 
		root and the directory are created with JavaServer Pages 1.1 										
PQ66627		Security exposure in the exception strings										
PQ66815		Classic option in Java virtual machine command line does not work	
PQ67072		Invalid operation system error number reported by the Open Servlet Engine 
		plug-in on the Solaris operating environment									
PQ67119		WebSphere Application Server does not start when security is enabled on an 
		administrative agent server																			
PQ67356		WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6 plug-in redirect defaulting to the wrong 
		port number 										
PQ67622		How to determine the request and response encoding										
PQ67823		First attribute in distinguished name is not searchable even it should always be searchable										
PQ67951 	Faster cleanup of session references during invalidation process										
PQ68082		ORA-02068 is mapped to a stale connection 										
PQ68152		WebSphere Application Server intermittently hangs under heavy load when it loses 
		connection to the database		
PQ68213		Microsoft Internet Information Server Web Services locks up and receives a 404 error on the 
		Windows 2000 machines with WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5.6 when AddHeader and SetHeader fails								
PQ68863		SQLExceptions are not translated to StaleConnectionException during the 
		ResultSet.close and Statement.close calls										
PQ68919		Java.Lang.ArithmeticException thrown with a message of divided by zero
		during the cleaning up of a the StaleConnectionException										
PQ69279		Slow performance in code when using many system.out.println() class									
PQ69393		The Sas.Server.Props file gets truncated in WebSphere Application Server 
		Version 3.5.5 and higher										
PQ69702		Advanced Lightweight Directory Access Protocol properties lost and modified if the users 
		update security configuration without opening the Advanced LDAP Property panel										
PQ70353		BeanNotEntrantException is thrown incorrectly in WebSphere Application Server 
		Version 3.5.7										
PQ70465		Deadlock between the com.ibm.servlet.classloader.powerclassloader and 
		com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebappServletManager		
PQ70962		A status of 200 is recorded in the Microsoft Internet Information Server Web Services
		for a JavaServer Pages that does not exist
PQ72089 	ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown intermittently	
PQ72091		When the administrative server is stopped and restarted, various clients receive 
		authentication errors			
PQ72092		Memory leak occurs when the Domino client using the NCSOW.JAR file 
		repeatedly calls ORB.INIT()							
						
								
									

IBM HTTP Server Defects

Apar List Description

PQ50188		IBM HTTP Server performance monitor does not work on a Windows 2000 platform																
PQ54553		Add ServerTokens directive to IBM HTTP Server 1.3.6 																
PQ57867		Dr Watson errors occur on the apache.exe file when the 56-bit browsers 
		upgrade to 128-bit encryption																
PQ58119		The installation package for IBM HTTP Server on an HP-UX platform does not include 
		necessary scripts or make files to complete the Dynamic Shared Object															
PQ59754		Electronic person card contains Finnish characters																
PQ60264		IBM HTTP Server generated ZOMBIE process and the fix ensures that IBM HTTP Server 
		does not generate ZOMBIE process																
PQ62369		CERT Advisory CA-2002-17 Apache Web server chunk handling vulnerability																
PQ62795		IBM HTTP Server administrative console locks up on authentication																
PQ63013		Delete all preferences about Machine Translation modules from the IBM HTTP Server Readme																
PQ63226		Secure Socket Layer fails with shipped GSKit on an HP machine 																
PQ63615		Netscape fails to connect to IBM HTTP Server																
PQ65518		With PQ63615, Secure Socket Layer communication is terminated by writing error on 
		the plug-in and the browser cannot retrieve all documents from WebSphere Application Server																
PQ66116		IBM HTTP Server 1.3.12: Changes in administrative console cause configuration errors																
PQ66409		Dr Watson occurs on the apache.exe file when running Secure Socket Layer																
PQ68697		Blue screens occur on the Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines if Fast Response Cache Accelerator	
		is enabled in IBM HTTP Server when Norton Realtime Protection is enabled