OID11g ODSM Changes / Corrupts Base64 Encoded Values of User Custom (octetString) Attributes When Viewing or Updating Other Attributes of User Entries (Doc ID 1947037.1)

Last updated on MAY 19, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 11g, e.g., 11.1.1.7.0 with Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM).

After viewing user entries with custom (octetString) attributes and base64 encoded values in ODSM > Data Browser tab, switching to a different tab causes a popup window to appear with:

If the [Yes] button is selected, the above two custom attributes' values get changed to completely different values and are unusable afterwards (as these attributes are used for other applications logins, due to the incorrect values, the users are then unable to login).

If the [Cancel] button is selected, then the above attributes' values are not changed, but other wanted changes are not saved either.

Or, the popup may not appear when switching tabs, but any changes applied to other regular attribute of the user entry results in the custom attributes' values to be modified without the user selecting or updating them.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.  Create a custom objectclass and attribute(s), i.e., using ldif file and ldapmodify as per <Document 202137.1>, for example, with the ldif file below:

2.  Encode a value in base64 for the custom attribute, and load it (ldapadd) with an OID entry, for example:

3.  Verify the custom attribute value is as above with command line ldapsearch using the -L argument, e.g.:

Note:  Starting over and selecting [Cancel] at the Save Popup window instead does not change the attribute value, but any other attribute changes are not saved either, so ODSM essentiallly cannot be used for this type of entry attributes modification.

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