Bug ID 470175: DNAT utility (dnatutil) does not support rfc5424 structured log format

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10

Fixed In:
11.6.0

Opened: Jul 02, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K15670

Symptoms

DNAT utility (dnatutil) unable to handle syslog with structured data.

Impact

dnatutil reverse map using rfc5424 syslog with structured data content.

Conditions

Deterministic NAT LSN pool with "Syslog" log publisher, where the syslog log entry contains structured data.

Workaround

Use default log format of "BSD format", or configure syslog daemon to only output raw syslog content.

Fix Information

dnatutil can parse deterministic NAT state information from structured data rfc5424 log format.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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