Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
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
Opened: Nov 04, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
Importing a previously exported FIPS key might result in 'file expected to exist' error message.
Unable to install the exported FIPS key from the given local file. System posts a 'file expected to exist' error message. This is a rarely occurring, difficult-to-reproduce condition. Error messages appear similar to the following: -- err mcpd[6679]: 01070712:3: Caught configuration exception (0), file (/var/tmp/key_mgmt/IGqXXs/ssl.key/fips.exported-key-file.key) expected to exist..
When importing a exported FIPS key from a local file with the tmsh command 'tmsh install /sys crypto key xxx from-local-file xxxxxxxxxxxxx security-type fips', the system might post an error similar to the following: file (/var/tmp/key_mgmt/xxxxx/ssl.key/xxxxxxxxx.key) expected to exist.
Reboot the system.
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