Bug ID 594869: AFM can log DoS attack against the internal mpi interface and not the actual interface

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2

Opened: May 21, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

While under an attack that matches a DoS profile, BIG-IP may indicate that the interface is the internal mpi interface and not the interface that the attack is happening on.

Impact

A valid DoS attack will be misreported

Conditions

This can occur in CMP-enabled systems.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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