Bug ID 1105341: Decode_application_payload can break exponent notation in JSON

Last Modified: Feb 07, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 16.1.4, 15.1.9

Opened: May 10, 2022

Severity: 0-Unspecified

Symptoms

With decode_application_payload set to 1, the single pass of decoding prior to JSON parsing will convert positive exponents to ascii characters ie "+" to " ". This results in Malformed numeric value violations

Impact

Malformed JSON violations

Conditions

Positive exponents with decode_application_payload set to 1.

Workaround

Disable decode_application_payload decode_application_payload set to 0.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips