Bug ID 609625: Portal Access: RSS XML files may contain non-rewritten URLs

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Aug 08, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K06129235

Symptoms

Some URLs in RSS XML files may not be rewritten if the file uses additional XML namespaces.

Impact

RSS pages may contain direct links if accessed via Portal Access.

Conditions

In the following example the content of <link> tag is not rewritten by Portal Access: <rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"> <channel> <a10:author> author </a10:author> <link> http://domain.com </link>

Workaround

Use an iRule to replace non-rewritten URLs with rewritten ones.

Fix Information

Now Portal Access rewrites all necessary URLs in RSS XML pages with additional namespaces.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips