REGRESSION : PIT Mantis: Error in fetching CRLS from LDAP server in the CertPath

JDK Version :- PIT JDK build for mantis release

Location:- /net/sqesvr/export/vsn/SECURITY/JDK/PIT/sol-sparc

Problem Description :- About 40 certpath tests are failing due to error in fetching CRLS from LDAP server located at bisquit.sfbay.sun.com on port 395

Here's the relevant exception trace got by setting -Djava.security.debug=certpath

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certpath: CrlRevocationChecker.verifyRevocationStatus() unexpected exception:
null
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.LDAPCertStore.engineGetCRLs(LDAPCertStore.java:77
3)
        at java.security.cert.CertStore.getCRLs(CertStore.java:189)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.CrlRevocationChecker.verifyRevocationStatus(CrlRe
vocationChecker.java:216)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.CrlRevocationChecker.check(CrlRevocationChecker.j
ava:148)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.ForwardBuilder.verifyCert(ForwardBuilder.java:851
)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.depthFirstSearchForward(SunCer
tPathBuilder.java:387)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.depthFirstSearchForward(SunCer
tPathBuilder.java:591)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.buildForward(SunCertPathBuilde
r.java:322)
        at
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder
.java:185)
        at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:341)
        at BuildCertPath.doBuild(BuildCertPath.java:407)
        at BuildCertPath.main(BuildCertPath.java:139)
certpath: SunCertPathBuilder.depthFirstSearchForward(): validation failed:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException; internal cause is:
        java.lang.NullPointerException
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How to re-produce :-

1. get the test.tar file from attachment
2. untar it.
3. sh *.tlog
[The *.tlog file has already set all parameters required for the test
]
You will see the failures result in test.ar file and test102.out file.

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