Bug ID 1141845: RULE_INIT with a call that contains an extra colon character (:) will crash BIG-IP.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 16.1.4, 15.1.9

Opened: Aug 24, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If a RULE_INIT contains an extra colon character (:) when RULE_INIT { catch { call sv::hsl:open "/Common/publisher-syslog_server_pool" } } It will crash instead of reporting the error. In this example, the extra : before 'open' is an error. Instead of logging the error, it crashes the process.

Impact

The tmm process crashes.

Conditions

RULE_INIT contains more than 2 colon characters (:) on a rule.

Workaround

Avoid creating a RULE_INIT containing a third colon character(:).

Fix Information

Correctly log an error instead of trying to process it.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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