WebSphere Application Server fixes

It is recommended that you use the latest version of WebSphere Application Server 7.0 available. Be sure to also install all critical interim fixes for the fix pack you are currently on.

To obtain the latest version of WebSphere Application Server 7.0, see the Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.0. Critical interim fixes are described in the following table.
Attention: Interim fixes are only listed here for the latest available fix pack. If you are using an earlier fix pack, upgrade to the latest available fix pack and apply any current interim fixes. Otherwise, be sure to check all newer interim fixes to see if they also apply to your fix pack level.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.39

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
Planned for 7.0.0.41 Provides a fix for a vulnerability in Apache Commons that affects IBM WebSphere Application Server.
Planned for 7.0.0.41 CVE-2015-2017 Provides a fix for an HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.35

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
Planned for 7.0.0.37 PI25716 Fixes an issue where executing an administrative command fails with exit code rc=23. This issue occurs when starting an administrative command that accesses an OSGi installation area.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.33

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
Planned for 7.0.0.37 PI25716 Fixes an issue where executing an administrative command fails with exit code rc=23. This issue occurs when starting an administrative command that accesses an OSGi installation area.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.29

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.31 PM89479 Resolves a CacheProcessor related exception that is thrown with heavy DynaCache load.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.23

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.25 PM65886 Addresses a problem where instance creation fails when using the ar_EG locale.
7.0.0.25 PM54006 Fixes error in SystemOut during feature disablement: Failed to extract binaries to temporary location
7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes issue where servlet content is missing when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.19

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
7.0.0.21 PM52049 Fixes javax.naming.directory.AttributeInUseException when updating the password, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
7.0.0.25 PM54006 Fixes an issue in which deleting a single module from a deployed application can cause update extraction errors. Contact WebSphere Application Server Support to obtain this fix.
7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.17

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.19 PM38747 Addresses an issue where repeatedly starting and stopping a specific application can deplete a system's memory.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.19 PM46234 Addresses a potential security exposure with IBM HTTP Server 8.0 and earlier.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Provides dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.15

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.17 PM34841 Resolves a potential security exposure with WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.17 PM30625 Addresses an out of memory error that can occur when an application is repeatedly started and stopped.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.19 PM38747 Addresses an issue where repeatedly starting and stopping a specific application can deplete a system's memory.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.13

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.17 PM34841 Resolves a potential security exposure with WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.15 PM32387 Addresses an issue with a Denial of Service Security Exposure with Java JRE/JDK hanging when converting 2.2250738585072012e-308 to a binary floating-point number.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Provides dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.11

Note: If you use WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.0; then you must apply a fix for APAR JR36472 after upgrading to WebSphere Application Server Version 7 Fix Pack 9. You can download the fix from the technote for APAR JR36472.
Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.17 PM34841 Resolves a potential security exposure with WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.13 IZ73533 Addresses an issue where there is high CPU utilization on application server nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM07309 Addresses an issue where excess memory utilization is caused by redundant loads of application metadata.
7.0.0.13 PM11768 Addresses an issue where an EAR file is removed from installedApps when a sync is issued between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM12460 Addresses an issue where extra memory utilization is seen when annotations are used in relation to an Array type.
7.0.0.13 PM15531 Addresses an issue where migration on an i system from WebSphere Application Server 5.1 to 7.0.0.9 fails because the WASPostUpgrade process exits early.
7.0.0.13 PM15824 Addresses an issue where exceptions occur during high-volume caching.
7.0.0.13 PM17517 Addresses an issue where the Java beans introspector introspects the extended bean class incorrectly.
7.0.0.13 PM19353 Addresses performance issue when writing a large EAR file to disk.
7.0.0.15 PM32387 Addresses an issue with a Denial of Service Security Exposure with Java JRE/JDK hanging when converting 2.2250738585072012e-308 to a binary floating-point number.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Provides dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.9

7.0.0.11 Fix Comments
7.0.0.11 PK98471 Addresses an issue where migration to WebSphere Application Server 7.0 fails if migrating from a pre-6.1 system.
7.0.0.11 PM06623 Addresses an issue where applications which have been updated to use Java™ EE5 features have slow deployment and startup times.
7.0.0.11 PM09810 Addresses an issue where WASPostUpgrade fails when migrating from WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 to Version 7.0 on IBM i.
7.0.0.11 PM09935 Addresses an issue with high CPU usage with DynaCache disk offload.
7.0.0.13 PM07309 Addresses an issue where excess memory utilization is caused by redundant loads of application metadata.
7.0.0.13 PM11768 Addresses an issue where an EAR file is removed from installedApps when a sync is issued between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM12460 Addresses an issue where extra memory utilization is seen when annotations are used in relation to an Array type.
7.0.0.13 PM15531 Addresses an issue where migration on an i system from WebSphere Application Server 5.1 to 7.0.0.9 fails because the WASPostUpgrade process exits early.
7.0.0.13 PM15824 Addresses an issue where exceptions occur during high-volume caching.
7.0.0.13 PM17517 Addresses an issue where the Java beans introspector introspects the extended bean class incorrectly.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.7

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.9 PK88962 Addresses an issue where a NoClassDefFoundError warning is received during an application update.
7.0.0.9 PK95940 Addresses an issue where, when updating an entity without an LDAP operational attribute to change, the attribute update request fails with UpdateOperationalPropertyException.
7.0.0.9 PK96229 Addresses an issue where in some certain conditions, some sensitive information might be logged in ffdc data.
7.0.0.9 PK96928 Addresses an issue where a singleton attribute causes a sync failure between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.9 PK96996 Addresses an issue where the systemapps.xml entries are not migrated when migrating WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 to Version 7.0.
7.0.0.9 PK98225 Addresses an issue where some responses that could have been cached were not being cached, resulting in possible lower performance.
7.0.0.11 PK98471 Addresses an issue where migration to WebSphere Application Server 7.0 fails if migrating from a pre-6.1 system.
7.0.0.9 PK98999 Addresses an issue where the Application Profile service is not closing EAR file resources.
Note: This fix is recommended for 32-bit WebSphere Application Server, but is already included with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.9 PM01912 Addresses an issue starting and stopping WebSphere Application Server due to an exception related to needing elevated privileges.
7.0.0.11 PM09810 Addresses an issue where WASPostUpgrade fails when migrating from WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 to Version 7.0 on IBM i.
7.0.0.11 PM09935 Addresses an issue with high CPU usage with dynacache disk offload.
7.0.0.13 PM11768 Addresses an issue where an EAR file is removed from installedApps when a sync is issued between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM17517 Addresses an issue where the Java beans introspector introspects the extended bean class incorrectly.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.
Planned for 7.0.0.25 PM59223 Fixes an issue that causes empty JSP responses when ESI caching is enabled.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.5

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.9 PK88962 Addresses an issue where a NoClassDefFoundError warning is received during an application update.
7.0.0.7 PK90588 Addresses the BasicIndexOutOfBoundsException that occurs when installing a WebSphere Commerce fix pack on an existing instance.
7.0.0.9 PK93927 Addresses an issue where batch EJBDeploy doesn't recognize the option 'nowarn' in WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5.
7.0.0.9 PK95940 Addresses an issue where, when updating an entity without an LDAP operational attribute to change, the attribute update request fails with UpdateOperationalPropertyException.
7.0.0.9 PK96229 Addresses an issue where in some certain conditions, some sensitive information might be logged in ffdc data.
7.0.0.9 PK96928 Addresses an issue where a singleton attribute causes a sync failure between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.9 PK98225 Addresses an issue where some responses that could have been cached were not being cached, resulting in possible lower performance.
7.0.0.11 PK98471 Addresses an issue where migration to WebSphere Application Server 7.0 fails if migrating from a pre-6.1 system.
7.0.0.9 PK98999 Addresses an issue where the Application Profile service is not closing EAR file resources.
Note: This fix is recommended for 32-bit WebSphere Application Server, but is already included with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.7 PK99815 Addresses an issue with slow application deployment resulting from zip file decompression overhead.
Note: This fix is recommended for 32-bit WebSphere Application Server, but is already included with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.9 PM01912 Addresses an issue starting and stopping WebSphere Application Server due to an exception related to needing elevated privileges.
7.0.0.11 PM09935 Addresses an issue with high CPU usage with dynacache disk offload.
7.0.0.13 PM11768 Addresses an issue where an EAR file is removed from installedApps when a sync is issued between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM17517 Addresses an issue where the Java beans introspector introspects the extended bean class incorrectly.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.

Fixes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.3

Included in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack Version Fix Comments
7.0.0.7 PK90588 Addresses the BasicIndexOutOfBoundsException that occurs when installing a WebSphere Commerce fix pack on an existing instance.
7.0.0.7 PK93269 Addresses an issue where Web Services application deployment experiences performance degradation.
7.0.0.7 PK99815 Addresses an issue with slow application deployment resulting from zip file decompression overhead.
Note: This fix is recommended for 32-bit WebSphere Application Server, but is already included with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.9 PK93927 Addresses an issue where batch EJBDeploy doesn't recognize the option 'nowarn' in WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5.
7.0.0.9 PK95940 Addresses an issue where, when updating an entity without an LDAP operational attribute to change, the attribute update request fails with UpdateOperationalPropertyException.
7.0.0.9 PK96229 Addresses an issue where in some certain conditions, some sensitive information might be logged in ffdc data.
7.0.0.9 PK96928 Addresses an issue where a singleton attribute causes a sync failure between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.9 PK98225 Addresses an issue where some responses that could have been cached were not being cached, resulting in possible lower performance.
7.0.0.9 PK98999 Addresses an issue where the Application Profile service is not closing EAR file resources.
Note: This fix is recommended for 32-bit WebSphere Application Server, but is already included with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server.
7.0.0.9 PM01912 Addresses an issue starting and stopping WebSphere Application Server due to an exception related to needing elevated privileges.
7.0.0.11 PK98471 Addresses an issue where migration to WebSphere Application Server 7.0 fails if migrating from a pre-6.1 system.
7.0.0.11 PM09935 Addresses an issue with high CPU usage with dynacache disk offload.
7.0.0.13 PM11768 Addresses an issue where an EAR file is removed from installedApps when a sync is issued between V7 DMGR and V5.1 nodes.
7.0.0.13 PM17517 Addresses an issue where the Java beans introspector introspects the extended bean class incorrectly.
7.0.0.17 PM36607 Addresses a java.net.SocketTimeoutException that occurs when performing a WebSphere Application Server operation over SOAP.
7.0.0.21 PM39164 Extending filter TimeoutInvalidation to inactivity timeout.
7.0.0.21 PM43705 DynaCache cross-cell invalidations do not work for custom cache instances.
7.0.0.21 PM48946 Dynamic cache access performance improvements.
7.0.0.23 PM51981 Fixes problem that RDN attribute is not returned on a get() call, on a WebSphere Commerce configuration that uses an LDAP server.