Bug ID 850641: Incorrect parameter created for names with non-ASCII characters in non-UTF8 policies

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.0.5

Opened: Nov 17, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

An incorrect parameter is created for names with non-ASCII characters, e.g., a parameter with Chinese characters in the name in a BIG-IP encoding policy.

Impact

The BIG-IP system does not enforce these parameters, and the list of parameters is not rendered correctly.

Conditions

Non-UTF8 policy parameters created using the GUI.

Workaround

Create the parameter using REST API.

Fix Information

Parameters are now created correctly in the GUI for any policy encoding and any characters in the parameter name.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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