Bug ID 564482: Kerberos SSO does not support AES256 encryption

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 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, 12.1.1 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 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Dec 22, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K18315582

Symptoms

If the delegation account is enforced to use AES256 encryption, then APM Kerberos SSO will fail. Example error message: Dec 18 19:22:19 bigip8910mgmt err websso.7[31499]: 014d0005:3: Kerberos: can't decrypt S4U2Self ticket for user 'username' - Decrypt integrity check failed (-1765328353).

Impact

Kerberos SSO will fail and user will be prompted to enter credential.

Conditions

Delegation account is enforced to use AES256 encryption.

Workaround

Disable the option to enforce AES256 encryption for the delegation account.

Fix Information

Delegation account can be enforced to use AES256 encryption, provided the delegation account is configured as SPN format on the Kerberos SSO configuration.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips