Bug ID 465181: Unhandled connection error in iprepd causes memory leak in iprepd or merged

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.2 HF1, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.4.1 HF11

Opened: Jun 01, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17498

Symptoms

If the BIG-IP system fails to connect to the IP reputation database server (either using a proxy or not), it causes a memory leak in one of the internal daemons (iprepd and/or merged).

Impact

This issue causes a slow memory leak in the iprepd or merged daemon.

Conditions

IP-reputation is enabled and it fails to connect to the database server (usually to the proxy of the database server or there is a bad/non-existent connection outside).

Workaround

Fix the proxy to the ipreputation or the connection to the IP reputation or turn off IP reputation.

Fix Information

Even if the BIG-IP system fails to connect to the IP reputation database server (either using a proxy or not), it no longer causes a memory leak in one of the internal daemons.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips