Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 12.0.0
Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.4 HF2
Opened: Oct 16, 2015 Severity: 2-Critical
An iRule that calls HTTP::respond or HTTP::redirect in a non-HTTP iRule event can cause the TMM to core on the next pipelined request.
TMM core.
HTTP::respond or HTTP::redirect used in a non-HTTP iRule event. A pipelined request follows the request that triggers the iRule response.
Add the close header to the HTTP::response, and the connection will be automatically closed.
The TMM will no longer core due to not being able to handle the next pipelined request after a HTTP::respond or HTTP::redirect is used in a non-HTTP iRule event.