IBM® Tivoli® Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway, Interim Fix 6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-IF0015 README

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Date: Monday, 28 October 2013


About the interim fix

This interim fix corrects problems in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway (Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway), Version 6.1.1. It requires that the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway, Version 6.1.1, be installed, and the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway 6.1.1 Fixpack 10 (6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-FP0010) be installed.


Interim fix contents and distribution

This interim fix package contains:

This interim fix is distributed as an electronic download from the IBM Support Web Site.

Fix pack superseded by this interim fix

6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-FP0010


Interim fix structure

Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway consists of the following components that can be installed separately:

This interim fix applies only to the administration console, and management service and runtime component (first two components listed above).


APARs and defects fixed

Problems fixed by interim fix 6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-IF0015

The following problems are corrected by this interim fix. For more information about the APARs listed here, see the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway support site.

APAR IV50644
SYMPTOM: Specifying URLs that the common domain cookie reading and writing service in the SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Discovery Profile can redirect to. (See the documentation updates for APAR IV50644)

APAR IV10813
SYMPTOM: Improve SAML Signature Conformance

APAR IV23434
SYMPTOM: Improve SAML signature conformance

APAR IV23448
SYMPTOM: Improve signature conformance

APAR IZ47952
SYMPTOM: The SAML 1.X protocol allows for sending the target url from the IDP to the SP through the query string. The Query string parameter TARGET should contain a fully specified url that might include some query string parameters. When adding the value to the url TFIM is losing the query string parameters from the TARGET URL.

APAR IV26034
SYMPTOM: The RelayState query string parameter provided to the IP-initiated SSO initial URL is used to populate the RelayState macro in the authentication response when the target query string parameter is empty or not provided. It should be ignored.

APAR IV26827
SYMPTOM: Update deployment descriptor for the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Management Console servlets.

APAR IV26824
SYMPTOM: Update log traces in FSSO and STS.

Before installing the interim fix

Consider the following prerequisites before installing this interim fix:

Prerequisites
You must have the following software installed to install this interim fix:


Installing the interim fix

NOTE: Before installing this interim fix, ensure that you have reviewed the prerequisites in Before installing the interim fix.


Downloading the interim fix

To obtain the interim fix:

  1. Go to the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway Support Web site.
  2. Click Download. The interim fix (6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-IF0015) is listed under Latest by date. If you do not see this interim fix listed, enter "6.1.1-TIV-TFIMBG-IF0015" in the Search field to access the link to the download window.
  3. In the download window, scroll to the bottom of the window to view a listing of the download packages by platform.
  4. Select the platform that corresponds to the target platform where you will apply the fixes. To ensure a secure download, select the DD (Download Director) option. If you have not used Download Director before, configure your browser to use Java security. Click What is DD? for configuration instructions.

Applying the interim fix

  1. Unzip the file you downloaded in Downloading the interim fix.
  2. Ensure that the WebSphere Application Server that hosts the Federated Identity Manager runtime and management service component, is running.
  3. Ensure that the WebSphere Application Server that hosts the Federated Identity Manager console component, is running.
  4. On the system on which the console component is installed, backup the following files
  5. Copy the following files from the interim fix to a location TMP_DIR in the system.
  6. Launch the wsadmin tool.
  7. Run the JACL command $AdminApp update isclite file {-operation addupdate -contents TMP_DIR/web.xml -contenturi itfim-fimconsole-e.war/WEB-INF/web.xml}
  8. Run the JACL command $AdminApp update isclite file {-operation addupdate -contents TMP_DIR/itfim-common.jar -contenturi itfim-fimconsole-e.war/WEB-INF/lib/itfim-common.jar}
  9. Run the JACL command $AdminApp update isclite file {-operation addupdate -contents TMP_DIR/itfim-mgmt-intf.jar -contenturi itfim-fimconsole-e.war/WEB-INF/lib/itfim-mgmt-intf.jar}
  10. Run the JACL command $AdminConfig save
  11. On the system on which the runtime and management service component is installed, backup the following files
  12. Copy the following files from the interim fix to a location TMP_DIR in the system.
  13. Launch the wsadmin tool.
  14. Run the JACL command $AdminApp update ITFIMManagementService file {-operation addupdate -contents TMP_DIR/itfim-common.jar -contenturi itfim-mgmt.war/WEB-INF/lib/itfim-common.jar}
  15. Run the JACL command $AdminApp update ITFIMManagementService file {-operation addupdate -contents TMP_DIR/itfim-mgmt.jar -contenturi itfim-mgmt.war/WEB-INF/lib/itfim-mgmt.jar}
  16. Run the JACL command $AdminConfig save
  17. Log in to the administration console.
  18. Select Domain Management -> Runtime Node Management.
  19. Select all the runtime nodes in the Runtime Nodes portlet.
  20. Click Unconfigure.
  21. Stop the WebSphere Application Server.
  22. Backup the original file and replace the following files with the files from the interim fix
  23. Edit FIM_INSTALL_DIR/pkg/software.properties, incrementing the value of com.tivoli.am.fim.rte.software.serialId by one.
  24. Start the WebSphere Application Server.
  25. Log in to the administration console.
  26. Select Domain Management -> Runtime Node Management.
  27. Click Deploy Runtime.
  28. Select all the runtime nodes in the Runtime Nodes portlet.
  29. Click Configure.
  30. Stop the WebSphere Application Server.
  31. Backup the original files and replace the following files with the files from the interim fix in APPSERVER_INSTALL_DIR/profiles/PROFILE_NAME/installedApps/CELL_NAME/ITFIMRuntime.ear/
  32. Start the WebSphere Application Server.

Warning: If you redeploy the runtime after applying the interim fix, you must repeat the above instructions on applying the interim fix from step 30.


Documentation updates

The following product documentation for Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway, Version 6.1.1, can be found on the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway Information Center.


Specifying URLs that the common domain cookie reading and writing service in the SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Discovery Profile can redirect to (IV50644)

In the IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Configuration Guide, under the section Customizing Runtime Properties > Custom Properties Reference > Custom Properties for SAML 2.0, a new custom property is added. This property is:

SAML20.CDC.RelayStateAllowedURLs_<FEDERATIONID>

A comma-separated list of regular expressions. SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Discovery Profile common domain cookie reading and writing service of <FEDERATIONID> can redirect to a URL that matches any of the regular expressions.


Software limitations

None.


Known problems and workarounds

None.


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