Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6
Fixed In:
13.1.0
Opened: Jul 21, 2014 Severity: 4-Minor
Trying to use 'default' as the FIPS security officer password results in an invalid encryption error from the fips-util.
You cannot use the word 'default' as the security officer password. Although this is expected behavior, the error message posted does not provide a relevant explanation. The system posts errors similar to the following: -- Invalid encrypted password. -- Failed to set security officer's password: 1073742342. -- Failed to create security domain. -- INITIALIZATION FAILED! -- The FIPS device is NOT operational. In version 11.1.0 and earlier, the error was similar to the following: -- Creating crypto user and crypto officer identities. -- password should not be default. -- Failed to set security officer's password.
Trying to use 'default' as the FIPS security officer password.
Use a password other than the word 'default'.
Disallow 'default' to be used as the Security Officer password.