Last Modified: May 11, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 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, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4
Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.5.2 HF1
Opened: Jan 08, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
Under SMTP configuration, when authentication is enabled (the "use authentication" check box is checked) and a user name and password are configured, the password field is empty in the configuration utility when accessing the newly created SMTP object. TMSH shows the password in hash format.
SMTP authentication fails.
1. authentication is enabled. 2. username and password are configured.
After saving the SMTP configuration for the first time using the configuration utility, use only TMSH, REST API, or iControl to edit it or re-enter the password. Note: This will not fix sending AVR e-mails. The only way to send e-mail before this fix is using a non-authenticated SMTP server.
Under SMTP configuration, when authentication is enabled (the "use authentication" check box is checked) and a user name and password are configured, the password is correctly decrypted using standard BIG-IP tools.