Last Modified: Feb 07, 2024
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM, Install/Upgrade
Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 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, 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, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2
Fixed In:
17.0.0, 16.1.2.1, 15.1.5.1, 14.1.4.6
Opened: Jun 28, 2020 Severity: 3-Major
Installing a new Attack Signature Update (ASU) file on ASM/AWAF device that has large number of active policies can result in a failure due to memory exceptions. The following errors can be observed: /var/log/ts/asm_config_server.log: F5::ASMConfig::Handler::handle_error,,Code: 406 , Error message = Process size (232341504) has exceeded max size (200000000) /var/log/asm crit perl[19751]: 01310027:2: ASM subsystem error (apply_asm_attack_signatures ,F5::LiveUpdate::PayloadHandler::clean_fail): Fail load update files: TSocket: timed out reading 1024 bytes from n.n.n.n:9781
The attack signature update fails.
1. Adding and activating a large number of policies on a BIG-IP system configured with ASM/AWAF. It is not known exactly how many policies are required to encounter this, but it appears to be between 50 and 90 where this becomes a risk. 2. Installing a new ASU file
Impact of workaround: Performing this workaround requires restarting ASM, so it affects traffic processing briefly; therefore, it is recommended that you perform this during a maintenance window. Increase 'max memory size' from the default ~200 MB (200000000) to 300 MB: 1. Take a backup of the original file. # cp /etc/ts/tools/asm_config_server.cfg /var/tmp/asm_config_server.original.cfg 2. Add the following to the end of file /etc/ts/tools/asm_config_server.cfg: # AsyncMaxMemorySize=314572800 3. Restart ASM. # bigstart restart asm
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