Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP GTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 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, 11.5.2 HF1, 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, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4
Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2
Opened: Jan 23, 2016 Severity: 2-Critical Related Article:
K51316773
If a user creates a WideIP or WideIP Alias with a name that does not contain a dot, gtmd crashes. The symptom is a crash and core dump from gtmd.
gtmd crashes and WideIPs do not function.
This occurs when the following conditions are met: -- FQDN validation is suppressed by the following setting: gtm global-settings general domain-name-check == 'none'. -- User attempts to create a WideIP with a name that does not contain a dot.
When creating a WideIP or WideIP Alias while FQDN validation has been disabled (by setting gtm global-settings general domain-name-check == 'none'), make sure that the WideIP or WideIP Alias name contains at least one dot, and follows these rules: -- The name must not end with a dot. -- The name must not begin with a dot, unless '.' is the entire name. -- The name contains no consecutive dots.
FQDN now validates to confirm that a WideIP or WideIP Alias name has at least one dot in an appropriate position, and has no consecutive dots, so there is no crash and core dump from gtmd. This validation occurs even when other FQDN validation has been suppressed by setting gtm globlal-settings general domain name check == 'none'.