Bug ID 1070789: SSL forward proxy rejects connection when ca-bundle contains expired CA certificate

Last Modified: Sep 28, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 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, 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, 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, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 16.1.3.1

Opened: Dec 30, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

BIG-IP system rejects SSL forward proxy connections when the ca-bundle contains an expired and non-expired CA certificate.

Impact

SSL handshakes will fail.

Conditions

-- Forward proxy is enabled in client and server SSL profiles. -- The CA certificates are ordered in the ca-bundle as expired followed by valid.

Workaround

Remove all invalid (i.e., expired) certificates from the certificate chain and ensure that the bundle contains a valid certificate.

Fix Information

Fixed the certificate verification issue that was leading to SSL handshake failure.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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