Bug ID 1008525: The partition text field becomes unusable when the user enters an invalid entry such as, "<, >, &, ", ', ', etc.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.2, 15.1.3.1, 14.1.4.3

Opened: Apr 02, 2021

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The partition text field becomes unusable. This problem occurs when the user enters an invalid entry such as'<'. The entry is replaced by the escape characters on every keyup. Once this happens, the text field is not reusable unless the user refreshes the page or clicks on the breadcrumb "External HSM".

Impact

The partition text field is not reusable.

Conditions

NA

Workaround

The partition text field is not reusable unless the user refreshes the page or clicks on the breadcrumb "External HSM".

Fix Information

The escaped sequence should not be shown on the text field, the user should not know that the characters are being escaped at the same time disallowing the unescaped sequence from being sent to the BIG-IP.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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