Bug ID 1312145: Bcdatabase file gets truncated, deleted and re-downloaded in a loop

Last Modified: Sep 27, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 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, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4

Fixed In:
16.1.5

Opened: Jun 26, 2023

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Bcdatabase file gets truncated, deleted and re-downloaded in a loop due to BcMd5ChecksumFile function isn't calculating the expected checksum properly and causing the bcdatabase file to re-download in a continuous loop.

Impact

The bcdatabase file downloading fails.

Conditions

The expected checksum does not match the checksum calculated by BcMd5ChecksumFile function.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Fixing the BcMd5ChecksumFile function to calculate the expected checksum properly.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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