Bug ID 516292: Incorrect handling of repeated headers

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Opened: Apr 03, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17023

Symptoms

If a http/2 request, forwarded to an http/1.1, produces a response that has the same header occurring more than once, the http/2 response would be encoded incorrectly and can't be processed by the http/2 browser.

Impact

Browser fail to process responses.

Conditions

Responses that contain the same header (with possibly different values) more than once.

Workaround

For the set-cookie header there is no work-around because each cookie requires its own header. For other headers, an iRule could potentially be used to concatenate the values of repeated headers.

Fix Information

The http/2 protocol handling now correctly encodes repeated headers.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips