Bug ID 505010: Patch management checker does not work when user is logged in as admin

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 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

Fixed In:
12.1.0

Opened: Feb 05, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Patch management checker checks for "Apple software update" on Mac which requires admin privilege to check the number of missing patches. Even when the user is logged in as admin this check does not pass because Edge Client does not support privilege escalation for endpoint inspections currently.

Impact

Patch management checker fails.

Conditions

Access policy configured with Patch Management checker which checks for Apple software update. BIG-IP Edge Client for Mac.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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