Bug ID 572180: httpclass containing escaped backslashes are stripped on migration to LTM policy

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 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, 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, 12.0.0 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

Opened: Feb 05, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When upgrading or installing a UCS file with http class profiles values containing escaped backslashes will have the escaped backslashes stripped from the value.

Impact

The escaped backslashes will be removed and then the policy will not correctly match.

Conditions

A http class profile with values containing escaped backslashes. This occurs on upgrades through 12.0.0.

Workaround

Edit the policy and add backslashes back in.

Fix Information

The upgrade will replace escaped backslashes with backslashes.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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