Bug ID 1209197: Gtmd crash with SIGSEGV while importing or exporting a key or certificate to the BIG-IP

Last Modified: Jul 24, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 16.1.5

Opened: Dec 13, 2022

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The crash occurs while importing or exporting a key or certificate to the BIG-IP.

Impact

GSLB traffic disrupted while gtmd restarts.

Conditions

While importing the exported buffer, an improper initialization of the variable may create a condition leading to the crash.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Added a fix to handle this issue. Initialized the variable to 0. Hence, it will not have any other value which can be used for fetching the PEM string information.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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