Bug ID 566758: Manual changes to policy imported as XML may introduce corruption for Login Pages

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(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, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Jan 11, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Manual changes to policy imported as XML may introduce corruption for Login Pages. If the expiration period is omitted, the Login Page will be inaccessible.

Impact

The Login Page created as a result is inaccessible in GUI and REST.

Conditions

Expiration period is omitted in hand-crafted XML policy file.

Workaround

Ensure that expiration period exists in XML policy file before import.

Fix Information

A policy file, with a missing expiration field, imported as XML is now handled correctly.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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