IBM Rational AppScan – Enterprise Edition
IBM Rational AppScan Reporting Console
IBM Rational Policy Tester

Interim Fix 001 - Readme
for Version 5.4.0.2

Overview

This document contains release notes for IBM Rational AppScan – Enterprise Edition, IBM Rational AppScan Reporting Console and IBM Rational Policy Tester.  This product comprises three core components that can be installed together or separately across multiple machines:  the Control Center is the web-based user interface; the Agents run jobs, dashboards and report packs; and the Alerting Service monitors and sends Alerts.  

 

Table of contents

  1. Prerequisites
  2. Product fix history
  3. Installation requirements and instructions
  4. Uninstallation
  5. IBM Rational Software Support

 

1. Prerequisites

·         You must install IBM Rational AppScan – Enterprise Edition, IBM Rational AppScan Reporting Console or IBM Rational Policy Tester 5.4.0.2 before installing Interim Fix 001.

2. Product fix history

This interim fix contains fixes. APAR numbers, if applicable, are in parentheses:

  • Componentizing JSX.
  • (PK67912) Jobs with automatic form fill enabled and empty user/name password fields suspend.
  • (PK69340) Quickscan user gets inappropriate buttons depending on which folder opened first.
  • (PK68940) Need to view more than 5 tabs in Dashboard.
  • (PK69157) In starting domains, only scan links in and below the directory of each starting URL apply to testing as well.
  • (PK72593) Job suspends with INSERT statement conflicts with FOREIGN KEY.
  • (PK69657) Scan scheduler does not work when schedule exclusions are set.
  • (PK69075) retrieve-html-with-inline XRule function missing text.
  • (PK71229) Exception when executing XRule.
  • (PK70733) Post-processing is extremely slow on large jobs with a varying page count.
  • (PK69287) JOBS TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO POST-PROCESS WHEN THE BACK-END DATABASE IS LARGE.
  • (PK72072) ASE not finding some links.
  • (PK76652) Discrepancy in XRules and Pages Report numbers.
  • (PK71562) COOKIE DELETION IS NOT HANDLED.
  • (PK71561) Cookie set with leading dot domain is not handled correctly.
  • (PK71004) CANNOT SCAN CERTAIN PDFs.
  • (PK71638) ASE will not login successfully to site.
  • (PK73581) XRULES FUNCTION TO LIMIT SCAN BY CLICK DEPTH.
  • (PK73278) Unable to generate Accessibility report after modifying the severity level of a system defined Issue type.
  • (PK73997) ASE timing out on all pages due to misformatted headers on HHS scan.
  • (PK76305) Poorly formatted port string causes ASE to suspend.
  • (PK76611) attAllParamXSS security rule not finding issues when security tests sent after explore.
  • (PK76757) Creating Dashboard tab on large instance failed with time out.
  • (PK77466) Job suspends with The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_Doc_Page_26_0'

 

3. Installation requirements and instructions

This section takes you through the steps to install the Interim Fix.

 

  1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the executable and double-click the file ASE_5.4SP2-IF001_Setup.exe.
  2. In the Setup Wizard, click Next.
  3. In the License Agreement dialog box, choose the I accept the terms in the license agreement option, and then click Next.
  4. In the Choose Components dialog box, select your components based on server configuration, and then click Install to proceed with the installation.
    • For single server, select (Agent Server, Control Center, Config Instance)
    • For multiple servers, select (Agent Server) for Server, (Control Center, Config Instance) for Control Center.
    • For multiple instances on a single server, the same as single server.
  1. The Interim Fix is installed. When the installation is finished, it will launch the Configuration Wizard (If Config Instances is selected), then click Next.
  2. Exit the installation.

 

 

4. Uninstallation

Uninstalling the interim fix is not supported.

 

5. IBM Rational Software Support

When you contact IBM Rational Software Support, the support representative will require the version of the installed products or interim features on your system.

To determine the version:

  1. Go to Control Center.
  2. Click on the About link.

 

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