Bug ID 574045: BGP may not accept attributes using extended length

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
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: Feb 16, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If a BGP peer sends a path attribute using the "extended length" flag and field, the attribute may be rejected and the BGP connection terminated.

Impact

The BGP adacency will repeatedly bounce and the RIB will never converge.

Conditions

Neighbor sends path attributes using extended length.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Received BGP attributes using extended length are no longer rejected.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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