Bug ID 503381: SSL persistence may cause connection resets

Last Modified: Apr 11, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(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, 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 HF5

Opened: Jan 28, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

If SSL persistence is enabled, and the resulting connection does not use SSL (that is, it is plaintext), the connection may be reset.

Impact

The connection is reset.

Conditions

SSL persistence is enabled on a virtual that does not use SSL.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

SSL persistence no longer cause the connection to be reset with non-SSL traffic.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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