Bug ID 564040: Differentiation of missing component alerts

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3, 11.6.1

Opened: Dec 20, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The alert reads as 'no cookie' while the actual situation is different.

Impact

False positive missing component no-cookie alerts.

Conditions

The component check cookie exists, but it fails to be parsed by the plugin.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

If the Component Check cookie exists and cookie parsing fails for different reasons, the system now sends different alert components (Unseal Failed or Cookie Malformed).

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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