Bug ID 491165: Legal IP addresses sometimes logged in Attack Started/Stopped message.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP AFM(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, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF6

Opened: Nov 17, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Sometimes legal IP addresses are logged as attack started/stopped messages.

Impact

Logging.

Conditions

AFM licensed and provisioned and Sweep & Flood Vector enabled.

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

IP addresses are not logged any more for START/STOP messages. Only sampled messages will have packet details.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips