Bug ID 436720: Security Policy Description and Blocking Enforcement not inherited from template

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0

Fixed In:
11.3.0 HF9

Opened: Nov 06, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K11683615

Symptoms

Observe that the Security Policy Description is empty for this new policy (rather than inheriting from the template) and that the Enforcement Mode is Transparent (rather than blocking, like the template).

Impact

The policy data is not preserved in the new policy. This is a change from (at least) 11.1.0 and 11.2.0.

Conditions

This issue occurs when deploying a security policy from a template, the template's Security Policy Description and its Enforcement Mode (if set to blocking).

Workaround

This issue has no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

When creating a security policy from a previously created security policy saved as a template, the new security policy's description and Enforcement Mode (if set to blocking) are now preserved.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips