Bug ID 481803: Invalid External Datagroup Format Validation

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Fixed In:
12.1.0

Opened: Sep 30, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Related Article: K33131730

Symptoms

Instead of validating, a datagroup with bad format is loaded through the GUI, which results in the following message: 01070711:3: St9bad_alloc.

Impact

Confusion, invalid EDG operation.

Conditions

External datagroup with invalid format loaded through GUI.

Workaround

Use TMSH to validate the datagroup.

Fix Information

GUI validation is now fixed, so that when a datagroup with bad format is loaded through the GUI, the system presents the a message similar to the following: 0107169a:3: The data group external file (/config/filestore/.stage_d/14_d/Common_d/data_group_d/:Common:dg_test_88097_2) has an invalid format, line: 1.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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