Bug ID 454784: in VPE %xx symbols such as the variable assign agent might be invalidly decoded.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Mar 31, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

in VPE %xx symbols might invalidly decode If user assignment string contains percent encoded symbols like: "%60", "%7E", "%21", "%40", "%23" etc Saved string is written properly but re-readed and displayed as character "`", "~", "!", "@", "#" Therefore new saving might cause uneeded re-encoding of such symbols

Impact

Medium. Customer is confused and might not be able to modify saved and then loaded string

Conditions

Variable assign agent. Assigned string contains %xx symbol

Workaround

1. Direct bigip.conf editing 2. Saving proper string in other location and copy paste before modification so %xx encoded symbols would stay preserved

Fix Information

Issue fixed, encoding doesn't reencode/redecode symbols anymore.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips