Bug ID 1324901: Misleading IP 27.28.254.1 display in the Maria DB table AVR_STAT_DOS_L3_SOURCE_IP.

Last Modified: Apr 17, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 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, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4

Opened: Jul 25, 2023

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

The table AVR_STAT_DOS_L3_SOURCE_IP has 27.28.254.1 as a source IP along with all the client IP addresses.

Impact

With the presence of IP 27.28.254.1 entry in the database Table, it leads to confusion for a user in interpreting the actual meaning of it.

Conditions

1. From the client, send an attack a TCP bad ACK flood using hping command: timeout 300s hping3 -A --flood <Virtual dest IP> --rand-source -p 800++ Example: timeout 300s hping3 -A --flood 10.40.40.129 --rand-source -p 800++ 2. In the DOS Dashboard: Enable Real Time ON

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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