Bug ID 516711: Portal Access: JavaScript in Shift-JIS encoding may be handled incorrectly

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Apr 07, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Since Shift-JIS character encoding scheme uses yen character in place of backslash, JavaScript code with backslashes may be handled incorrectly by Portal Access. This may lead to incorrect web application behavior.

Impact

JavaScript code with backslashes cannot be parsed by Portal Access if the code uses Shift-JIS character encoding.

Conditions

- HTML page or JavaScript file with Shift-JIS encoding scheme. - JavaScript code with backslashes.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Now JavaScript code with Shift-JIS character encoding scheme and backslashes inside the code is handled correctly by Portal Access.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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