Problem Note 70575: The SOAP procedure might return a “java.lang.NullPointerException” error in SAS® 9.4M8 (TS1M8)
When you run an XML request against a /SASWorkflowWebServices/services/ endpoint, the following message might occur:
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Header/>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<SOAP-ENV:Fault>
<faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode>
<faultstring xml:lang="en-US">java.lang.NullPointerException</faultstring>
</SOAP-ENV:Fault>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
In addition, the following error might occur in catalina.out:
2023-11-13 11:02:46,442 [tomcat-http--42] DEBUG [160a4d3d-823e-11ee-ac8e-005056b70031] org.springframework.ws.soap.server.SoapMessageDispatcher - Endpoint invocation resulted in exception - responding with Fault
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at com.sas.svcs.commons.webservice.impl.security.wss4j.PlainTextPasswordValidationCallbackHandler.setDetails(PlainTextPasswordValidationCallbackHandler.java:110) ~[sas.svcs.commons.webservice.server.jar:904800.0.0.20221221190000_v940m8]
at com.sas.svcs.commons.webservice.impl.security.wss4j.PlainTextPasswordValidationCallbackHandler.authenticate(PlainTextPasswordValidationCallbackHandler.java:167) ~[sas.svcs.commons.webservice.server.jar:904800.0.0.20221221190000_v940m8]
.....
2023-11-13 11:02:46,452 [tomcat-http--42] DEBUG [160bd3df-823e-11ee-ac8e-005056b70031] org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.sent - Sent response [SaajSoapMessage
{[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/]}
Fault] for request [SaajSoapMessage
{[http://www.sas.com/xml/schema/sas-svcs/workflow/taskservice-1.0]}
QueryWorkListInfo]
2023-11-13 11:02:46,458 [tomcat-http--42] DEBUG [160cbe41-823e-11ee-ac8e-005056b70031] org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet - Completed 500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
A hot fix is planned for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M8 | | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2023-12-14 10:14:41 |
| Date Created: | 2023-12-14 05:21:45 |