JDK-8173781 : 6u141 and WLS 10.3.6 results in SSLException: Received fatal alert
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.net.ssl
  • Affected Version: 6u141
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Submitted: 2017-02-01
  • Updated: 2017-02-08
  • Resolved: 2017-02-08
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Description
Admin Server URL over SSL is not working anymore with Java SSL error "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: unexpected_message"

With WLS 10.3.6 + 6u131 = works
With WLS 10.3.6 + 6u141 = getting the above exception.

This happens after upgrading JAVA to JDK 6 update 141 , errors start to show in Browser screen and Admin Server logs when accessing Admin Console URL.

Here is the javax.security.debug=all output in a snapshot:

*** ClientHello, TLSv1.2
*** ServerHello, TLSv1.2
*** Certificate chain
*** ServerHelloDone
*** ClientKeyExchange, RSA PreMasterSecret, null
ExecuteThread: '2' for queue: 'weblogic.socket.Muxer', READ: TLSv1.2 Change
Cipher Spec, length = 1
*** Finished
ExecuteThread: '2' for queue: 'weblogic.socket.Muxer', WRITE: TLSv1.2 Change
Cipher Spec, length = 1
*** Finished
*** ClientHello, TLSv1.2
[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default
(self-tuning)', RECV TLSv1.2 ALERT:  fatal, unexpected_message
[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default
(self-tuning)', fatal: engine already closed.  Rethrowing
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: unexpected_message
Comments
Going to close out as a duplicate. A fix verification binary from 8173783 helped to solve this issue.
08-02-2017