Bug ID 515406: mcpd should throw error when running report from altered log file

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.0 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

Opened: Mar 30, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When APMd log file is tempered with, e.g added blank line in the middle, mcpd will treat it as end of file rather than an error. So system remains silent while user doesn't see any errors.

Impact

Reporting show incomplete logs

Conditions

When APMd log file is modified by user

Workaround

Restore apmd logfile.

Fix Information

Improved backend code to check for end of file rather than extra line break in log file and report error when log file had been hand-modified incorrectly

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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