Bug ID 475143: CATEGORY::filetype command may cause tmm to crash and restart

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4

Fixed In:
11.6.0 HF4

Opened: Aug 11, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If an iRule command is created using the CATEGORY::filetype command, the tmm may eventually suffer a failure, and restart.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

A bug in the implementation of CATEGORY::filetype iRule command triggers undefined behavior, leading to tmm crash and restart.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The errant code was corrected to remove the undefined behavior.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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