AppMerge error while deploying arcotsm.war

Products

• CA Advanced Authentication - Strong Authentication (AuthMinder / WebFort)

Issue/Introduction

We are facing issues while deploying the arcotsm.war from log4j vulnerability patch.

Getting below error after selecting the war file and clicking next.

Weblogic Admin log:

<[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <AppMerge failed to merge your application. If you are running AppMerge on the command-line, merge again with the -verbose option for more details. See the error message(s) below.>

Environment

Release : 9.1 SP1

Component : AuthMinder(Arcot WebFort)

Weblogic 12.1.3

Resolution

Follow these steps as recommended by Weblogic administrator:
1. Remove the log4j jars from the application (i.e. WEB-INF/lib path).
2. Place them on the Weblogic server {DOMAIN_HOME}/lib path.
3. Restart the WL Instances.