Failing to access IDR Web resources with certificate chain not verified symptoms
3 years ago
Article Number
000068078
Issue
The IDR web resource are not accessible and client requests are failing with certificate chain not verified symptoms, similar to following based on client used.
  
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Certificate not verified.
at com.rsa.sslj.x.aI.b(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.aI.a(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.aI.a(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.aK.unwrap(Unknown Source)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler$SslEngineType$3.unwrap(SslHandler.java:282)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1372)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1267)
... 33 more
Caused by: com.rsa.sslj.x.aL: Certificate not verified.
at com.rsa.sslj.x.bm.a(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.bm.a(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.bm.a(Unknown Source)
... 39 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException: the certificate chain is not trusted, Could not validate path.
at com.rsa.sslj.x.cq.a(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.cq.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.cq.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.sslj.x.aF.a(Unknown Source)

 
Cause

IDR v2.17 uses mod_ssl which relies on Admin to upload the certificate chain in ordered manner in Admin console -> Company Settings page.

If the uploaded chain is not ordered properly from leaf issuer to desired issue or upto root certificate authority, the clients having strict validation will fail to establish SSL connection, leading to inaccessible web resource.

 

Resolution
Resolution/Workaround:
1. To find if the order is wrong, please access IDR Portal or setup page or use openssl s_client connect tool. Verify the certificate chain returned is ordered properly.
2. If not so, reorder the chain in any text editor. Starts with the issuing CA certificate of the server certificate and keep appending its issuer till desired intermediate issuer or you reach upto the root CA certificate.
3. Upload it in Admin console and Publish.
4. After publishing re-verify the cert chain by following step#1.
Workaround
Reconnect the AM with CAS via Security Console and disable the old legacy option via the Operations Console
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