Bug ID 608941: AAA RADIUS system authentication fails on IPv6 network

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2

Opened: Aug 03, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

APM supports RADIUS authentication to IPv6 servers for APM clients if the IPv6 servers are in a pool, but using RADIUS for system authentication directly to a RADIUS server fails on invalid IP address. The signature in the log file is as follows: err apmd[13481]: 01490108:3: /Common/profilename: RADIUS module: authentication with 'aa' failed: Invalid Server IP(0)/Port(0) (1)

Impact

RADIUS is unable to connect directly to the IPv6 RADIUS server, clients unable to log into the system.

Conditions

RADIUS authentication configured for system authentication direct to a RADIUS server, and the RADIUS server is an IPv6 server.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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