Bug ID 459467: Self-IP accepts subnet network or broadcast address as address value

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Apr 28, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When creating or modifying a self-IP address, the system accepts the first or last address in a subnet as its address value.

Impact

The network address is reserved for identification of a network segment. The broadcast address is reserved by the system to address all nodes in a network at the same time.

Conditions

This occurs when configuring self-IP addresses.

Workaround

Do not assign the first or last address in a subnet to a self-IP address.

Fix Information

Added validation to ensure the first and last IP addresses in a subnet remain reserved, and cannot be assigned as self-IP addresses.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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