Bug ID 596809: It is possible to create ssh rules with blank space for auth-info

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.1

Opened: Jun 01, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In tmsh it is possible to create profile actions that contain blank spaces, such as in this example: create security ssh profile ssh-test actions add { " " } rules add { " " { actions add { " " } identity-users add { " "} identity-groups add { " " } } } auth-info add { " " }

Impact

Actions can be created with blank spaces in them, you should be receiving a validation error. These rules also cannot be deleted.

Conditions

This occurs when creating profile actions.

Workaround

Do not create profile actions with blank spaces.

Fix Information

BIG-IP will now throw a validation error if you create a profile action containing only a blank space.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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