Bug ID 1615081: Remove SHA and AES Constraint Checks in SNMPv3

Last Modified: Dec 18, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 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, 15.1.10.5, 15.1.10.6, 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, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 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, 17.1.2

Opened: Jul 16, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

SNMPv3 user cannot be created with a combination of SHA-2 and AES. The following errors are observed: > 'SHA-256 + AES' returns "The AES privacy protocol keys cannot be shorter than 192 with SHA-2 auth protocol." > 'SHA-512 + AES' returns "The AES privacy protocol keys cannot be shorter than 192 with SHA-2 auth protocol." > 'SHA + AES-256' returns "SHA-2 auth protocol is required with longer AES keys." > 'SHA + AES-192' returns "SHA-2 auth protocol is required with longer AES keys."

Impact

Unable to create SNMPv3 user with lower keys.

Conditions

- Creating SNMPv3 user with combination of SHA-2 and AES.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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