Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022
Affected Product:
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BIG-IP TMOS
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 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, 11.5.10, 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, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 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, 11.6.1 HF1, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2
Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2
Opened: Feb 16, 2016
Severity: 4-Minor
Related Article:
K24307155
Safenet HSM installation script fails to install successfully if partition password contains special metacharacters (!#{}').
Script fails to work properly, and fails to properly install/configure the HSMs, requiring manual intervention. Performing the operation manually is very complex, because the user must account for both tmsh and shell quoting, which the some user environments might not have.
This issue occurs when the following conditions are met: -- Safenet HSM installation. -- Password contains special metacharacters (!#{}').
Change password, or manually run tmsh command to define the /sys crypto fips external-hsm object (using proper shell quoting).
Safenet HSM installation script install now completes successfully if partition password contains special metacharacters (!#{}'). Note: When using passwords with non-alphanumeric characters, make sure that they are escaped correctly, so that bash does not attempt to reinterpret or expand the password.
