User ID Containing the letter Ö Upon Login To OTM the Following Error is Seen: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Control character in cookie value, consider BASE64 encoding your value (Doc ID 1376611.1)

Symptoms

On OTM version 5.5.06.01when attempting to log into OTM using a user ID that contains Ö the following error is seen:


ERROR
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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Control character in cookie value, consider BASE64 encoding your value

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Control character in cookie value, consider BASE64 encoding your value
at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.ServerCookie.maybeQuote2(ServerCookie.java:340)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.ServerCookie.appendCookieValue(ServerCookie.java:253)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.addCookie(Response.java:958)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.addCookie(ResponseFacade.java:341)
at glog.webserver.servlet.umt.Login.getDocument(Login.java:302)
at glog.webserver.util.BaseServlet.getServletResult(BaseServlet.java:262)
at glog.webserver.util.BaseServlet.getServletResultEx(BaseServlet.java:654)
at glog.webserver.servlet.DefaultServlet.getServletResultEx(DefaultServlet.java:157)
at glog.webserver.util.BaseServlet.process(BaseServlet.java:393)
at glog.webserver.util.BaseServlet.service(BaseServlet.java:601)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at glog.webserver.session.ParameterValidation.doFilter(ParameterValidation.java:29)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at glog.webserver.screenlayout.ClientSessionTracker.doFilter(ClientSessionTracker.java:59)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at glog.webserver.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:44)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:200)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:773)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:895)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)


STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1 - Log onto an internal 5.5.06 system.

2 - Create a new use with the ID XXX.Ö

3 - Logged on to OTM with this User ID. OTM does not like the Ö.

Cause

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