Bug ID 583686: High ASCII meta-characters can be disallowed on UTF-8 policy via XML import

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 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, 12.1.0

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.1, 11.6.1 HF1

Opened: Mar 29, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After importing an XML policy, you cannot view or edit policies containing high ASCII characters.

Impact

Unable to view or edit the policy, and Illegal meta character in value violation is triggered

Conditions

This occurs when importing XML policies containing high-ASCII meta-characters but high-ASCII is not allowed in a UTF-8 policy.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips